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Case FileNARA NAID 28966460 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Meriden, ConnecticutJuly 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 Meriden, Connecticut in July 1956. The full case file (3 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

Meriden, Connecticut

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

CT / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
28 July 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 0307Z
GMT 29/0307Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
13 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One long cigar shaped object with bright glow. Color white. Faded out.

2. LOCATION
Meriden, Connecticut

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian (GOC)

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE
One S W

11. COMMENTS

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966460

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