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Case FileNARA NAID 28965355 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Rome, New YorkApril 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 Rome, New York in April 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Rome, New York

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
| HR RR IRR AE Pacis 7 : » Ten NPR SAARINEN 1 +e
Bedeind, | 4
EO PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Bolloon
| 8 April 1956 ome, New York 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local ——— NXGround-Vi sual O Ground-Rador “ HALE
omt_09/0333Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |KFossibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
DO Yes O Probably Astronomical
3KNo Military (AF) OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Be RRP dec Sn
e tngudtictent Dota for Evaluation
three minutes one W to E Sobel |
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One object, described as being possibl Due to duration of sighting
aircraft silhouette of plane, larger and the possibility of the obj
than C-47, orange red, and blue in having an aircraft silhouette,
color, this sighting has been resolved
; as a possible aircraft,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965355

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Craft and vessels

C-47

Places

New YorkRomeRome, NY

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-04-01

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