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Case FileNARA NAID 28967778 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Newington, ConnecticutOctober 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 Newington, Connecticut in October 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

Newington, Connecticut

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

CT / 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
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5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronbhmical
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967778

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