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Case FileNARA NAID 28967579 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

New Castle, DelawareSeptember 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 New Castle, Delaware in September 1956. 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 26.

Reported location

New Castle, Delaware

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

DE / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
: 4s PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD oh
| 1. DATE , 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
aa PA 3 ; : 0 Wos Bolloon
17 September 1956 New Castle, Delaware O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon
0 Wos Aircraft
to case ERE J Ground-Vi sual D Ground-Redor 0 Probobly Aircraft
GM 17/2330Z 0 AirVisvol 0 Air-Intercopt Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes 0) Probobly Astronomical
| § 0 No Civilian i se ) O Possibly Astronomical |
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TERT ————
i 0% Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
¢ 0D Unknown
| three to thirteen ming! ope seo biow oo
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING UniwC ints shaped 11. COMMENTS
cbject of silver color the size of a TIEN : : ‘ ‘
nalf dollar held at arm's length, (Obj Insufficient data for analysis,
description vary w/three sources,)
A silver or white moing star w/jagged
edges, the size of small grapefruit or
naseball at arm's length; and a silver
or white circular shaped obj w/points
at top, bottom, & sides, size first of
nalf dollar, then like a grapefruit the:
back to half dollar size at arm's length.
One source stated ob} had three lights
in front, Obj seen stationary in the Nuk
ar PATE a : . 4
at 30dar elevation, All sources agreed
obi disappearad guddenly & in a great
Yhed 184 Reed. 001 obs 4 YAFUAAAY 5, ADC EIN IED fray Re TR oer '
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : Pik
5. EE Bs Cais i ai RIE br nei Sea ers Eoak =
fF. i H ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967579

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