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Case FileNARA NAID 28966947 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Kelly AFB, TexasAugust 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 Kelly AFB, Texas in August 1956. The full case file (6 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 26.

Reported location

Kelly AFB, Texas

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966947

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Kelly AFBKelly AFB, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-08-01

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