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Case FileNARA NAID 28985218 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Rhode Island, October 1959October 1959

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 Rhode Island, October 1959 in October 1959. The full case file (6 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 37.

Reported location

Rhode Island, October 1959

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
3 belie Lc hit tt ob gl Aadionts ag ton Li Ld ls ll (ARE Raia bb) ok a
; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 5 LOCATION Rncde Island, Atlantic G12 CONCLUSIONS
Worcester, Mass. 0 Wos Balloon
2 5 vallingford, Conn. IX Probably Balloonrockel
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
; W i
Local ERE p23) Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador 5 No ob Avera?
GMT 28) 2 343% 0 AirVisuvol 0 Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
£ No . |civilian 1 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERYVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0 Other —— —————— _
7 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown
IE J
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11 COMMENTS
Rnd, bright white 1ight w/30 mile long exhaus It is concluded that this was provab
| surcounded by ligat or chaff. the space agency valloon rocket &
trail launched £m Wallops Isl on thi
date.
ATIC FORM 329 (RXY 26 SEP 52)
9 h
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985218

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