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Case FileNARA NAID 28964675 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

New Bedford, MassachusettsJanuary 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 New Bedford, Massachusetts in January 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 24.

Reported location

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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E 28 January 1956 New Bedford, Massachusetts | Rieoiy Bet oen
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : rd Cl hana SR
P focal point or 0 terry XBround- Visual O Ground-Radar ig Neat Adecralt
E GMT 28/2226%Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
I 5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Pd 0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
a 5 pe allt O Possibly Astronomical !
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE DO, Other —————————~
it 8 2 ag Data for Evaluation {
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- 2 1/2 min one W to NE
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Shape elliptical, twice the size of Probable a/c sighting as indicatqd |
i one hundred foot water tower, color, by contrails. {
E red, then turned to very ¥hite.
FE Contrails seen 15,000 ft below obj b-
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EE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964675

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