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Case FileNARA NAID 28964614 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

LaHinia, Maui, HawaiiJanuary 1956

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 LaHinia, Maui, Hawaii in January 1956. 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 24.

Reported location

LaHinia, Maui, Hawaii

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

HI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
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3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

; Ser : ie O Was Bolloon |

; 20 January 1956 LaHinia, Maui, Hawaii O Probably Balloon i
: LD ee eee (11 Po a si bl: Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

: Plea Piiasintia ioc isa belie ee in Be X Bround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Bab Avra

| GMT 21/09152Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar EXPossibly Aircraft :
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical i

i O Yes 2 DO Probably Astronomical i

| Exo Civilia DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE so] SS Re So SR sR BE

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: SE ; O Unknown :
1 25 minutes one unknown jie |

i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING AH dds |
: One object size of quarter color orange, A/C light. Believed to be
flame, had muffled roar object comin cause by investigating

§ fast, Seemed to hover finally faded officials, ;
out in distance. Witness reported :
four UFO's in 1952 and six between

6 and 21 January,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964614

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