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Case FileNARA NAID 28961223 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

near Milan, MissouriFebruary 1955

Unidentified

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 Milan, Missouri in February 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

near Milan, Missouri

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

MO / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1 I : ( UFCB INDEX CARD ( |
E I Tad 3 EE ———— ET, J EE SSO
4 1. DATE ir LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: / i ; E Was Balloon
| _ lly February 1955 =~ | near Milan, Missouri 8 Rrovaly Relloan
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ks TYPE OF OBSERVATION 19 Fessibly Qailosn
i RYT g 0 Was Aircraft
{ical pe ile so be Ground- Visual 00 Ground-Rodar 0_probobly Riv anate
3 : CMT J RE 3 S55 | 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar “Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOE To pk o GRE RE EC an IR El 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
F, 0 Possibly Astronomical
Eo EE CREAR
4 7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EERO) YP a ide SS
; 0 Hf bth oll Data for Evaluation
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E approx, 5 seconds ~~ | one (1) [Probably HW te S si
9 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS . Bnei
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4 (ne metallic reflecting object of indestine | Due to the brevity of sighting (5 seconds)
; pig size, shame, ete,, flew or appeared| the delay in the receint of the preline
: to move directly at the observer from a very | inary repert at this Hsadmarters » and,
| nigh altitude, Length of observation was ne | ther=fora, the improbanii £ investi-
iva, i tive (5) re, mp ty of invest
i more than {five seconds, pation turning up any more valuable ine
| formatisn, no subsequent investigation
was dirscted, A helicopter conld
i po=8ibly have caused the sighting,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961223

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