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Case FileNARA NAID 28968181 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Point Arena, 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 Point Arena, 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

Point Arena, 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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| 4 November 1956 point Arena, California OX Mesbebly Bellon
; 3. DATE-TINE GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellesn
Ral is spins, § . ® Ground-Visusl  MXMround-Reder DO Mon re airereh |
: GMT 05/ 04227 ; 0 Ain Visvel O Air-Intercept Rader DO Possibly Airereft ]
| S$. . O Wes Astronomical :
OVYes O Probably Astronomicol
2X Ne | Militar 0 Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | #- COURSE Pe err |
a, ninety-nine minutes L Shwe WT —
b, sixty one minutes | two southerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two objects slightly larger than Winds and duration indicate that
pC-7 aircraft. Opjects were located these sighti
ey 178 dgr, 175 miles at 21,000 feat lr ade tiond
and (b) 183 dgr, 185 miles at 21,000
« feet, Objects moved at approximately
6 to 10 knots in an erratic course :
| fading out at a position (a) 180 dgr,
200 miles at 25,000 foet and(b(184dgr
188 miles at 21,000 feet. Objs were 3
observed through ground electronic
| radar for (a) 99 minutes and (b) 61 mi utes.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968181

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