(near) McChord AFB, Wash., November 1956November 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 (near) McChord AFB, Wash., November 1956 in November 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

(near) McChord AFB, Wash., November 1956

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

? / XX

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

§ i PT 5 3 PO 5 TRA 5 5405-4 14 is PRL FERRE TTR PI STRONG AER 0 DOR A ress —— ¢
\ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
15 November 1956 near) McChord AFB, Wash, |O Arr «4 ne
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4% TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local A ———————— (uw) Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a as Re Logg BR
cmt_16/0452 XXAir Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0X Probably Astronomicel |
5 No DO Possibly Astronomicol |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD, DTI cscs
(w] hme Dota for Evaluotion
three to four seconds one unknown |7 Ukr |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, with white-orange Description, duration, and
streamers, Object was seen as a flash indicate that this sight-
flash in the sky. Object appeared ing was probably caused by a
slower than a meteor but faster tha meteor,
an aircraft. Object was seen air-
visually for three to four seconds.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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4 He 0 dR Raga WIR Bb aha baad Heed Bl [FER AT Wa ea 7s DEEN TRE PrERIaY BN |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968376

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

(near) McChord AFB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-11-01