Laramie, WyomingJune 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 Laramie, Wyoming in June 1956. The full case file (3 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

Laramie, Wyoming

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

WY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 10 June 1956
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT 10/2249Z

2. LOCATION: Laramie, Wyoming
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual [checked] Ground-Radar [unchecked] Air Visual [unchecked] Air-Intercept Radar [unchecked]

5. PHOTOS: Yes [unchecked] No [checked]
6. SOURCE: Military (AF pilot)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: unknown
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: unknown
9. COURSE: unknown

12. CONCLUSIONS:
Was Balloon [unchecked]
Probably Balloon [unchecked]
Possibly Balloon [unchecked]
Was Aircraft [unchecked]
Probably Aircraft [unchecked]
Possibly Aircraft [unchecked]
Was Astronomical [unchecked]
Probably Astronomical [unchecked]
Possibly Astronomical [unchecked]
Other [unchecked]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checked]
Unknown [unchecked]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: An unknown number of silver colored objects, flying in an unknown formation, appeared to be very high. Size, shape, course, unknown.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data for evaluation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965832

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