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Case FileNARA NAID 28961763 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Kansas City, MissouriApril 1955

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 Kansas City, Missouri in April 1955. The full case file (5 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 23.

Reported location

Kansas City, Missouri

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

MO / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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iE | : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |

| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

; 0 Was a |
20 April 1955 Kansas City, Missouri 0 Probably Balloon |
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION eli fied bia |
| ED RRR a nis tants cs ie XK Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircrofs |
GMT 21/0200Z BE be 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Airceaft
1 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical

! Sen LOR ER RR i BT 0 Po lh Gish

1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE By other_S@archlichis SOLS :
erratic ; shar a bcd Data for Evaluation ;
1 2-3 minutes J __one |_turns,very fas

1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 Oae round object size of a dime D/1 CADF also observed same

1 held at arm's length was observed t phenomenon and stated that

3 traverse sky at tremendous speed, local searchlight activity

J a motion characterized by highly was ths cause of this sighting.

: erratic movements{maneuvers).

: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961763

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