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Case FileNARA NAID 28966666 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Oklahoma, OklahomaAugust 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 Oklahoma, Oklahoma in August 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 25.

Reported location

Oklahoma, Oklahoma

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

OK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
hares: | e. [2 Was Balloon
oO August 1956 Oklahoma, Oklahoma FX Probobly Balleen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon |
spar : 0 Was Aircraft
i JR: Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft |
QUEL Yee 0 Ain Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 3 Probebly Astronomical
O'No Military 1 Possibly Astronomical ;
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. CCURSE ELE of 1) y AUER Tr RS DE
0 Insufficion? Data for Evaluction
iti \ Tieglienls er C Unknown
thy ee hours one WoW. to SSW |
Pat RRR Ro a RE eg NE RO ANE ee ea
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF ZIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
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One ¢igar-shaped object hallowed in 1)Tinker AFL, Okla released bsl-
vellow light. Color was between orange] loon w/light attached at05/08307Z
and yellow, Size was about size of dalloon was tracked to approximatgly|
grapefruit when observed throush 10207 at which time balloon was jf
11 NOC Sin oko Ob3 aot poeared to Rava believad to have burst & equipment i
readish tall, Object moved fm 2 hh Rolls nave continued in flight by I
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to 2 azimatn and ascended, DQoserved| atltacast paracauate,
[LOX period Of three hours visus v and] Balloon in area of sighting at
SO yo Binoculars. bisappeanr ad : | ime & traveling in approx directio:
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