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Case FileNARA NAID 28964892 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Houston, TexasFebruary 1956

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Houston, Texas in February 1956. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 24.

Reported location

Houston, Texas

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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2 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION - | 6 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | % COURSE |0O, Other UNIDENTIFIED |. -p..
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less than 28 mith: eb f oneiiio bilo Ge [TAG oo siding |
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2. .|and ta Lids intense white light 1000| | TE Rn EEE
~~ | feet above him, He veered to the Rea 8 Ln
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to right at approx 288 dgr, moved Hs a a sie
away rapidly 4-5 time his TAS which wigs cf SR 2S iy
250 mph, No sound. No RATER ngs Obj : ik a En Se
disappeared towards Ft Worth-Waco area. : ; d 5 GE
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