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Case FileNARA NAID 28968211 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Rapid City, South DakotaNovember 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 Rapid City, South Dakota 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

Rapid City, South Dakota

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

SD / 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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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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eight to ten seconds one SE to ESE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, shaped like flame from jet Probable meteor sighting.
fighter with afterburner on, colored
blue at head, shading into orange at
tail, Obj appeared 5 to 10 feet long
fm approx one mile, Obj was seen as
a flame trail--no solid obj was visible,
Obj was observed flying at a very hig
rate of speed, faster than any jet. Opj
flew on a straight and level flight
path except for a sharp pull-up at the
end of the observation when the light
want out, Obj was observed visually flor 8 to 10 seconds,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 20 SER 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968211

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