Redfield & McLoughlin, S.D., November 1956November 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 Redfield & McLoughlin, S.D., November 1956 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

Redfield & McLoughlin, S.D., November 1956

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

? / XX

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 |
0 Was Balloon
17 November 1956 Redfield & McLoughlin,S,D 2 ir LA Betton |
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Possibly Balloon
Local — 0150 CST XRround- Visual 0 Ground-Rador 8 hos ap AOR |
GMT : D Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astrenomical
O Yes OD Probably Astronomical ig
ivil ODO Possibly Astronomical | !
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE : ; ps rg nm iy ar on won |
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
l., Object dim red to glow to Poor report but this is quite
bright red glow. Object hovered possibly a balloon.
then moved to another location,
2, Cone-shaped object, color blue,
green, Object hovered over Mound
City, South Dakota for 30 minutes|
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968404

Connected across the archive

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Redfield & McLoughlin

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-11-01