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Case FileNARA NAID 28963701 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Martinsburg, OhioSeptember 1955

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 Martinsburg, Ohio in September 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Martinsburg, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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No PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD oa] |
[rv oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
- 0 Was Balloon

~ |20 Sep 55 Martinsburg, Ohio DO Probably Balloon

~ | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i RO EsliY, ERinon

4 it 0 Was Aircraft

BE Local 20/1730-17352 17352 & Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar ZX Probably Aircroft

3 OM eR Ee D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

~ | 5. PHOTOS 3 3. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

1 0 Yes : 0 Probably Astronomical

A B No civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronomical

© |'7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "|. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Other nes aa)

i 5 min J Ss O Insufficient Dato for Evoluation

E J Unknown }

| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

.~  |90blong, glowing red obj. Shaped like bananas.

| | Flew out of sight to S in 5 min. Possible a/c.

FE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) En

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963701

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MartinsburgMartinsburg, OHOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-09-01

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