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Case FileNARA NAID 28968224 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

San Bernardino, CaliforniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

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

San Bernardino, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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5 ate PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD suf |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon :
D Novemb 1956 San Bernardino, California |O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TR N— |
Local Sn ——————— BR Bround- Visuol O Ground-Rodor a Brchelty Rover oft
GMT 19/0906 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
[NX HO ’ . DUR ‘ Ww A
TO gee (Ll
A KNo Civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TR TERESA ERR —
0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
0 Unknown
five seconds one vertical :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
One long blue flash, with white Description, duration, manner of
trailing red sparks, size of a dime disappearance indicate that this
at arm's length, Object fell verti- sighting was caused by a meteor,
cally below the horizon. Object was
seen visually for five seconds.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968224

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