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Case FileNARA NAID 28967734 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

NE Prescott, ArizonaSeptember 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 NE Prescott, Arizona in September 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 26.

Reported location

NE Prescott, Arizona

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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ri PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Li s ; A ; 0 Wos Balloon
29 September 1856 NE Prescott, Arizona © Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION FRE W—" |
1645 (N i 0 Was Aircraft
TR) T— XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircraft
MTL 02207 0 Air-Visvol O Air-Intercopt Rudar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . OU RCE 0 Was Astronomicel
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
O No Civilian o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CIE I ———
DO" Insufficient Data for Evaluation
" ’ 0 Unknown
35 to 45 seconds one .
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .
Oue object like a very bright star, Probably meteor. Object moved
object gowed with a reddish light through 80 dgr arc at extreme
and appeared to have a slight altatude, Description of red &
oscillating movement, Possibly oéhe pulsating indicates possible a/c.
size of a conv a/c. However, duration rather short,
Insufficient data for conclwHon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967734

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