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Case FileNARA NAID 28964444 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Lyons, NebraskaDecember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

I cannot provide a reliable summary of this case. The OCR text is too heavily degraded to extract the factual details clearly. Pages 5 through 12 are nearly unreadable, and while some witness accounts appear on pages 7 and 8, the OCR corruption makes it impossible to extract accurate quotes or confirm details. The scanned image quality appears to have caused significant character loss and scrambling throughout the middle of the file.

What I can confirm from the cleaner portions of the document:

In December 1955, residents of Lyons, Nebraska reported sightings of an unidentified object. The file consists of multiple reports and official correspondence routing the case through various Air Force channels, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center and the Secretary of Defense. A witness account mentions sightings near Ord, Nebraska, with descriptions of a fiery object. The case file contains 17 pages of scanned records held by the National Archives.

Due to the OCR quality, I cannot reliably reconstruct what the object did, when exactly the observation occurred, how long it lasted, or what the Air Force's final conclusion was beyond what appears on the cover sheet. A primary-source summary requires better source material.

Reported location

Lyons, Nebraska

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

NE / US

Page count

17 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 17
Transcribed text
gat : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
. [1 pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
E 1 c 0 Was Bolloon

] 31 Dec 55 Lyons, Nebraska B Prcbosly Betloon

~ | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION We Soaabyialieon

| 5 po Re Se OyGround-Vi sual D Ground-Rodor Oe an

i GMT. 1 06 0Z 0 AirVisuol D Air-Intercep) Rodor O Possibly Aireroft

3 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical .

3 0 Yes { 0 Eiobobly Atheromicol

’ : o i * i

3 No civilian : ossibly Astronomico

| | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO OWer dao ooo wl
] BX Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
4 DO Unknown

~ |30 seconds varied one confused

i [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

| |Letter containing multiple reports of object Possible Astro (Star/Planet) or A/C.

~ |assumed to be same object. Characteristics of |Insuffidient Data forEvaluation.

~ | star on occasion and on others that of helo.

3

i

See Letter: J

2

; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

| /
/ 17

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964444

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Air Technical Intelligence Center

Places

Lyons, NENebraska

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

19551955-12-01

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