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Case FileNARA NAID 28965943 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Lutz, FloridaJune 1956

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Lutz, Florida in June 1956. The full case file (4 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

Lutz, Florida

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE - ‘2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: : 0 Was Ball
: 24 June 1956 Lu tz, Florida 0 Probably Balloon |
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: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION @ Tossibly Ralioan
Vi 3 0 Was Aircraft
Ey fr ee Or PA ET CN Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
GMT 28/0450 DO AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE tX Was AstronomicalSa turn i
0OYes O Probably Astronomical | :
(& No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oc} {7 ei Oe Le | |
a iautficimnt Dota for Evaluation |
unknown one SE to S Hitkaoj
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : |
One round shape object the size of Concur with the opinion of the
2 half dollar held at arms length, reporting officer that this
: color of orange with reddish bottom, [sighting was definitely a planet-
Saturn, Was Astro.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965943

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