N.W., Washington D.C., June 1956June 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 N.W., Washington D.C., June 1956 in June 1956. The full case file (5 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

N.W., Washington D.C., June 1956

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 112, CONCLUSIONS |
; HR ‘0 Was Balloon !
i 27 June 1856 N.W. Washington, D.C. C Probably Beiloon |
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP B TYPE OF OBSERVATION [Hi Tessibly Dalieon |
| Local Fr RAG XI Ground- Yisuci OC Ground-Reder 13 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 28 /02107% 0 Air Visual Z Air-intercept Redar | Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS RR I YT 101] ER 'D Was Astrenemical |
O Yes | 0 Probebly Astronomical i
Axo | Civi lian 2 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oll) «1 ACA AVERT
{ 8) dis stent Dete for Shad
{ nl a nk no wn
5-10 seconds | two | East |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS |
Two objects round shaped lights - sizé Possible a/c although duration |
of pin head, color yellow, flew in | extremely short, |
formation, Objects moved to in
circular path - disappeared to east |
climbing.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966004

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

N.W.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-06-01