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Case FileNARA NAID 28964465 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Scott, AFB, ILLINOISJanuary 1956

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 Scott, AFB, ILLINOIS in January 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 24.

Reported location

Scott, AFB, ILLINOIS

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD f
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; i O Was Balloon
3 January 1956 Scott, AFB, jC iNojS O Probably Balloon
te ee eee eee ——————————————————— . }
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon
Locale 21980 EB 00 HGround- Visual OD Ground-Rodor 8 Probably Atrereft |
omy 04/0130Z2 O Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Rader DO Possibly Aircraft | |
| 5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE O Was Astrenemical Meteor }
QO Yes 2X Probably Astronomicol
XZ No - Military O Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Other leita ids ii {
| \ O Insufficient Dota fer Evaluction
O Unknown
3 seconds one overhead
© 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Circular, orange object with tail Meteor sighting,
(green) 10 times length of body, no $<,
sound, gradual climb at high speed. 1
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964465

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ILLINOISScott, AFBScott, AFB, IL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-01-01