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Case FileNARA NAID 28967465 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Olympia, WashingtonSeptember 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 Olympia, Washington in September 1956. The full case file (6 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

Olympia, Washington

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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.
; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : " 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon |
5 Septomber 1956 Olvmpia, Washington PR A114 + aa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sorb oignes Be spina
3 Wos Aircroft
PTT Sut waists £2 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
omr_ 06/0422Z IRAE O Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
x0 Ne Civi 1 ian 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IB DNR mommsanme—
south to -- sig Dete for Eveluation
forty minutes two northeast
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING white 11. COMMENTS :
Two round bluish/objects, size of a Cause of sighting was possibly a
dime at arm's length, Course of cbjecfs ballcon. Size, shape, color, win
was from 25 dgr elevation South to directicen, course, and duration
25 dgr elevation Northeast. Objects substantiate this hypothesis,
arced to 30dgr elevation during flight{ The conflicting fact that there
Objects were observed visually & thru| were two objs can he accounted -
binoculars for 40 minutes and disap- for by the possibility of 2 bhal-
peared by fading out of sight, Another loons or that thru binoculars a
phenomena was reported whih supposedly single balloon light could be mig-
is related to the sighting i.e. an taken for two balloon lights,
explosion without any noise and sheet Concluded that "explosion and sagat
of light following the explosion, of light" not related to initial
: : sighting. Probably shooting star
which , exploded a Po rn by
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) jot pilot, “% & rpt Dy
EF) 1 : ¢ *
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