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Case FileNARA NAID 28962873 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Near Monroeville, PennsylvaniaJuly 1955

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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 Monroeville, Pennsylvania in July 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Near Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| I: DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION bint an
| O Was Aircraft
| SCREEN 5 Bae. R Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador g Probably Aircraft
GM _20/0100Z ___ 0100Z _-~ oe 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS : « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes hey O Probably Astronomical
%R No - O Possibly Astronomical |
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o Other
3 : nsv nt Dat aluation |
| |unxnown | one Northerly 0 Unknown
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
One, cylindrical yellowish-orange obj, with hecked local observatories for astro-
no visible wings or empennage appeared to be [nomical activity with negative results.
traveling north at a high altitude. No balloon activity in area. One £86D
in area at time of sighting. Possible
a/c.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962873

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