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Case FileNARA NAID 28966847 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Manchester, New HampshireAugust 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 Manchester, New Hampshire in August 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

Manchester, New Hampshire

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

NH / 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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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966847

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