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Case FileNARA NAID 28968414 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Racine, WisconsinNovember 1956

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Racine, Wisconsin 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

Racine, Wisconsin

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
17 November 1956 Racine, Wisconsin 0 Probably Belleon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Posy Suen | |
CE NER INR BGround- Visual O Ground-Radar 5 pore > Berd
GMT 18/00382 0 Air Visual OQ Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5S. PHOTOS » SOURCE CX Was Astronomical MOteor |
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
X® No ; ngs DO Possibly Astrorromicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BN ciclo |
S + etc Dato for Evaluation
ten seconds DNE S30 h N S & |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One red square object, 12 feet in Probable meteor based on dura-
diameter, Object had black stripes. tion and distance of flight.
Object moved from South to West and
-disappeared by fading from view
after havéng been observed visually :
and through binoculars for ten sec-
onds,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968414

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

RacineRacine, WIWisconsin

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-11-01

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