Kobler Field, Saipan, February 1955February 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Kobler Field, Saipan, February 1955 in February 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

Kobler Field, Saipan, February 1955

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

b : ; ( PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ( :
] 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Vos Bolloon
i 12 ¥ebruar 1955 Kohler Field, Sain: 3 Probably Balloon
[ 46 FPODCUALTY 2990 1 RODRILOY Ki¢ BARE a
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belleon
3: : 3 : i 0 Was Aircraft
3 By fT SE EN DR {HK Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar a Probably Aireroft
Eo g FY EE TRE LL DD AinVi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
oH 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE TIX Wos Astronomical Rigel
F 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
£ Xo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1o DSB RG
B 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 Zit 0 Unknown
§ one hour 47 minutes one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Object bright through reflected light | Star Rigel in reported position,
4 wigh eliptical shape. Observation typical of astro
i body setting,
iE E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
i:
PE
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961213

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Kobler Field

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-02-01