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Case FileNARA NAID 28965317 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Inman, South CarolinaApril 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 Inman, South Carolina in April 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 25.

Reported location

Inman, South Carolina

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

SC / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
6 April 1956 on South Carolina DO Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Posmiy Balloon
Ly] ot SE Se et XXKGround- Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 8 sitll
cmt 07/0240Z = D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical( Star/Hajet)
0 Yes D Probobly Astronomical
B¥o Ls ilian (GOC) XXPossibly Astronomical
{ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BR) i) EE CE EN,
D Insufficient Date for Evaluction
0 Unknown |
one SW :
| 3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, fifty times bigger &| Due to the fact that the sky was
. brighter than a star, light Bue, very| clear w/visibility unlimited
| hazy. Sighted while traveling in car, | except by darkness, & the fact
Also rptd by GOC at Spartanburg, S,C,| that the object was observed
; thru an automobile windowshield,
3 it is the opinion of this hq
; that the observer(s) possibly
; saw the planet Jupiter and/or
4 the star Sirius which were both
: bright and in the SW at the time
4 of the sighting.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965317

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