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Case FileNARA NAID 28965775 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Lumberport, West VirginiaJune 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 Lumberport, West Virginia in June 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Lumberport, West Virginia

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

WV / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION Lod 5 PNCLUSIONS a i
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June 1956 Lumberport, West Virginia, $09 Probably Bah oc BEES Bi
3. DATE-TIME GROWP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION IRighesn By Bul. =
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Local — | XX Ground-Visual O Ground-Redar { | EP robobly Alrérals eo Vox
GM r_not reported 0 Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rad ds 0% Possibly ea t 3 yet, :
5. PHOTOS °. SOURCE =] P02 Was Astronomicbl eG) Fy
: 0 Yes | © {TC Probably Astronomical *’ = :
I No Civilian § 0 Possibly Astronpmical ps
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D, Other
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Jr COMMENTS
Bright silvery object proceeding West Report made in 1960 of object h
at an altitude of 8,000 ft with i observed in 1956, Witness was i
speed of one engine a/c, Tear drop § years old at time, Object was }
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; | Duration as indicated by speed, p
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965775

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