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Case FileNARA NAID 28984615 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Larson AFB, WashingtonSeptember 1959

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 Larson AFB, Washington in September 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Larson AFB, Washington

Date of incident

September 1959

State / country

WA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
f 0 Was Balloon
g tied Hl Larson AFB. Washinghon 0 Probably Balloon
’ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bey oon
, ; 0 Was Aircraft
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: Leal — — Ground- Visual Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
8 GMT_2.1/ 1159-12412 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | J Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0X Was Astronomical RCgULUS
i: O Yes : 0 Probably Astronomical
3 © No § VE ps 0O Possibly Astronomical !
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [afd o}], (rE i EE Re SE |
3 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation | |
0 Unknown !
E 12 mins ona ST |
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
1 Two rpts giving essentially the same info. Rpting official helieved obj to be
s 11) Bnd obj large like a spotlight, white, a star. Movement & duration of sighting
: very bright. 2) Bright white light closer conform to this conelusion. Star Reguluf
: than a star, No trail, sound, and very little| (Mag 1.3) was in the general direction
| movement of the rptd obj at 10° elev & ascending
| It is probable that the obj observed wag
. this star.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984615

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