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Case FileNARA NAID 28966779 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Lancaster, 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 Lancaster, Texas in August 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

Lancaster, Texas

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

TX / 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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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
[1 pate 2. LOCATION "12. CONCLUSIONS
| : RS hte p ¥ 0 Was Belloon
9 August 1956 | Lancaster, 7e¢xas ‘TD Prebably Balloon : |
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TER RaRsRly Bitlece
| aca lzaleimiasalttse. Na Tol Bll on 2 Ground-Visua! 0 Ground-Reder | 2 aga ATE
i eM U2302 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircraft
i (Es BoTO EEE eT Ten (8) SOURCE {DO Was Astronomical Mars
| 3 O Yes | bs {a Lioadatly Astronomical i
| Rh *3:No A Civilian TR J SRT A ;
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |. NUMEER OF OBJECTS | 9. CCURSE |Q Other |
i ) 0 Insufficient Ucto for Evaluntion!
{ ! ; | { | Unknown i
six tc eight hours | one | east to SISAYE rr SRM GE
| [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| One bright, white, oval-shaped object, With exception of angle of elevatin
I the size of a hasketball at arm's and azimuth upon objects disazppezx-
length, Object moved E to S in ance, this sighting meets the i
straight path. Object was viewed vis- | characteristics for Mars. The !
ually for six to cight hénwps, Faded angle of elevation & azimuth
away at sunrise, Object disappeared: upon disappearance can possibly |
| at 10 to 20 dgr elevation and 170 dgr | be in error, Evaluated as Mars,
| azimuth,
|
No Report In File, |
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| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966779

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