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Case FileNARA NAID 28962878 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Lincoln, NebraskaJuly 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 Lincoln, Nebraska in July 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

Lincoln, Nebraska

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

NE / 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
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RAN “ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 4 RHE
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 Jul 55 | Lincoln, Nebraska B Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Rk fds
I a ® Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 bt Ro i SO |
CM 21/01552 O AirVisval O Air-Intercept Rodar | TK Possibly Aircraft
'|'s. PHOTOS j » SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes : OD Probably Astronomical
2 No civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RL TO ——
15 seconds 1 SW to NE ~ 12h hhh Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round, silver obj, size of silver dollar [Check was made with COC weather at ADC
held at arms length clearly seen to be spin- th negative results. Observers possibly
ning while moving at a high rate of speed saw reflection of sun off a highly polishdad
from SW to NE a/c. The non-technical background of
: observers would make it diffycult to
recognized sugh a phenomenon and the re-
flection could account for the large
b appearance of the obj.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53) |
: He ee AE CE CTE AEBS EE STA Ra Cn TER
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