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Case FileNARA NAID 28968160 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Pasadena, CaliforniaNovember 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 Pasadena, California in November 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 26.

Reported location

Pasadena, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; : :
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
2 November 1956 Pasadena, California O Probably ot
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i PRS men |
Loco oo X20 Greund-Visvel O Ground-Reder Sx + HR
GMT 0 Air Visuvel O Air-Intercept Rader 0 Possibly Aireralt
[= O Was Astronomicel
O Yes O Probably Astronemicol
Xe Civilian O Possibly Astronemicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BIN cpapisp—
-- nn Doto for Evaluation
over two minutes one northerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS /
One round white object, the size of a Concur with reporting officer tha
dime at arm's length, Ohpject had a sighting was probably caused by a
light that blinked on for 30 seconds, helicopter, Evaluation: Probably |
then off, This lasted for two minutes, aircraft,
Object faded in a northerly direction,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968160

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaPasadenaPasadena, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-11-01

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