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Case FileNARA NAID 28965511 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Oxford, PennsylvaniaMay 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 Oxford, Pennsylvania in May 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 25.

Reported location

Oxford, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
jc - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS TE
| | 4 May 1956 | Oxford, Pemmsylvania |B probebly Bellen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION  _ 0 Possibly Balloon
{ fee E88. XXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar 2 ap Alrerets
be 05/04352 y Po riR4 Nrgrahs
Se CN pen PT ee RE ER 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar o ossibly Alircratt
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5. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
| lee ERE. Olvilian, FBI Report 0 19 Peisbly Assmemies
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR CE) 1 ee
anautticlon Data for Evaluation
not reported one SE ti
il 10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
§ Report received by ATIC in Jan 357. Submitted too late to take
4 Source states solid bright yellow positive immediate follow-up
1 light observed at about 2000 ft in th action. Duration not rptd
18 air, Appeared to travel same speed Speed indicates possible a/c
E as his car. No noise. Twice as bright sighting. However, there is in-
3 as headlight of auto. Visible fm all sufficient evidence to substan-
EE directions(?) brightness also described tiate this conclusion.
p : as twice that of Venus. Driving 80
mph and unable to keep up with object
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
1 i : 3 : g 3 L . i |
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