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Case FileNARA NAID 28965822 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Olmstead AFB, PennsylvaniaJune 1956

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania in June 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

Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
% io 5 .,. ¢{B Was Balloon
7 June 1956 Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvaniai|o probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
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yor BS SR CR CIR E*Ground- Visual 0 Ground- Radar 2 Probably Alveralt
GMT 08 / 03207 0 Air-Visuval O Air-Intercept Radar O Pessibly Aircraft |
: 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical i
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
XE No Unknown O Possibly Astronomicol |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ORE ORE a Se
XX XInsufficient Data for Evaluation !
ip 0 Unknown
| O minutes one unknown
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{10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [iE COMMENTS
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One object circular - flame colored, | Insufficient data for analysis,
| hovering overhead. |
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965822

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