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Case FileNARA NAID 28966276 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

OTIS AFB, MassachusettsJuly 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 OTIS AFB, Massachusetts in July 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 25.

Reported location

OTIS AFB, Massachusetts

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

MA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| 1. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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i 17 July 1956 —— 1 OTIS AFB, Massachusetts 8 Prokobly Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Taras Rast Baliseh |
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18/03427 | ay [0 Possibly Airciatr
: OMT SO/ Medea i ahir- Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar QS *I0LY {cian !
PHOTOS Tp aeenat® 0 Aicintercept Radar
| 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE li WES AS iasia a |
0 Yes {0D Probably Astronomical
XO No Military DO Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HENGE orb ty Poe RS
| | fs Chsiiilelsar Data for Evaluation
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40 minutes | one i
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
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One objeci circular light. Color | Probable astro sighting.
white exending vellow, Speed { Positions 1 data not incl uded,
comparable to that of EC 121. Object | No identification at tempted on
appeared to at times reverse course limited data,
without any discernible means of
banking or turning. Object climbed
to 205000fecet & faded slowly away,
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966276

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