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Case FileNARA NAID 28968530 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDecember 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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in December 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 27.

Reported location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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j 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a 0 Ya s Balloon
. _2 December 1956 | Pittsburgh, Bennsylvanias— O Probably Balloon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q  Rossibly baller)
] Local — —— XXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar a Besbolly Avera
1 GMT 03/ 0345%Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
FE 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
. 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 X%lo Civilian D Possibly Astronomicol
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE # om&rob ar
a e reutitetent Data for Evaluation
§ nknown
E 12-15 minutes one
id 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
4 Observer reports pale gold line Area is heavily populated, Not
Bo (or light), perpendicular to earth, reported by others. Local GCI,
which would appear and disappear, Control towers, radar unit etc,
4 States clouds hindered full observa- | contacted. Nothing observed at
E tion, distance.
L 4 |
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968530

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