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Case FileNARA NAID 28963117 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Levelland, TexasAugust 1955

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 Levelland, Texas in August 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Levelland, Texas

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
ae, PO TOR TORK CARD someueipivece 3. \
1 pike : {22 LOCATION | 12. CONELUSIONS
Was Balloon
XF August 1955 | Levelland, Texas 3g Probably Balloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION : dele gleootthos
Local a X Ground-Visual a Ground-Rador a Red fH ¢
robabiy Aircraft
GMT 10/03152 Aug 55 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircroft
5S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE ) BA O Was Astronomical
QO Yes | ‘ Cok it o itp el dbl
XNo Civilian ar ossibly Astronomica
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRN RA SY
| 8 Lithia Data for Evaluation
| 10 to 15 Seconds One Down or W fs
[10 BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | . 11. COMMENTS
| One (1), ound, bright yellow and luminous | | Balloon released from Reese AFB 1} hours
| object appeared to light a cloud as passing’ | prior to the sighting. Winds blowing to
| thru it. No trail or tail noted. | || the west from the east at altitudes a
| 4 i | 10,000 feet, Object passed through eloufis.
| AE | PROBABLY THE BALLCON RELEASED FBBM REESE |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963117

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