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Case FileNARA NAID 28961270 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Over Blackstone, VirginiaFebruary 1955

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 Over Blackstone, Virginia in February 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

Over Blackstone, Virginia

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

VA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1
: e 0 Was Balloon
| 17 February 1956 | Over Blackstone, Virginia |O Probably Balloon
| 8 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
K - i it - SH 0 Was Aircroft
| ER ER Te oR ARNE NS WC (1 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably : pe
GIT 17 Feb S85 ras PRREINTR | Maki Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE lo Was Astronomical
p D Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
1 RENo Military (USAF Major/Pilot|pP Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ce | Fy OT rae A
{ “EX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
; unknown RR one downward
b 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 One light blue object was seen by Due to lack of info in original
. observer at 35,000 feet over Black- rpt, Sighting was not investigated.
3 stone, Virginia, Only feature noticed ATIC Form 164 sent but no reply
4 by observer was the fact that the obj| received. Insufficient Data for
3 was an extremely brilliant large evaluation,
4 object.
od ATIC FORM 329 {REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961270

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