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Case FileNARA NAID 28965425 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Seattle, WashingtonApril 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 Seattle, Washington in April 1956. The full case file (5 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

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
Lea ee PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD pig) :
J 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
23 April 1956 Seattle, Washington 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Lig cal etiam ie aa ation ls XGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
) Q Probably Aircroft
| omT__24/0725Z = 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE (XXWas Astronomical Meteor
DO Yes OD Probably Astronomical
XE No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE POCOPHESE jeio vid ot lho 0
ascendig 8 UAsulii slant Dota for Evaluation
seven to ten seconds one toward WSW am |
¢ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One round, white object, one-half The large arc traveled in 7--10 |
3 the size of the moon, looked like seconds indicates a meteor,
3 on the spokes of a bicycle whael
i going round & round. The obj appeared
. to be rising and traveling a
i course toward the WSW. Seen for 7-10
seconds, It was estimated that the
i object traveled en arc of 140 dgrs.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965425

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