Ponaca, NevadaJune 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Ponaca, Nevada in June 1956. The full case file (3 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

Ponaca, Nevada

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

NV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 June 1956

2. LOCATION
Ponaca, Nevada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 22/1625Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
five minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
W to E

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One circular type object the size of a half dollar held at arms length, color of silver grey. Object was sighted with binoculars for a period of five minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Due to the object's straight course and that there was a jet a/c in the area at time of sighting has been evaluated as an a/c.

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People

LT R E MEIER

Organizations

27TH AIR DIV 752TH ACRON ATIC DIRECTOR OF INTELL HEADQUARTERS USAF

Installations

Nellis Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book