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Case FileNARA NAID 28968371 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaNovember 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 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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

PA / 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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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
15 November 1956 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |§ Probably Bul ov, |
[3 DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION VON — be
I tc XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Bo Bobs Meret |
omMr__15/0750Z2 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft Venus &
PHOTO :
TOT BD" probably Aumemeiipiter | |
rele Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD BN os eiismisaiaons |
0 Insufficient Dave for Evaluation
0 Unknown !
1) mir DS NO NONE : :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS J
Two objects round, size of nickel, Both Venus and Jupiter in east-
white in color. One object slightly ern sky at about 30 dgr elevation.
below and smaller than other, Object Would disappear as sun rose,
appeared as extremely brilliant
white light. Objects moved up and
down and disappeared instantaneously
as a light switched off, |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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” Ais RS 0 MI obi Fes RA i 0 as ER Gr AL RR Sa i rg on
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968371

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