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Case FileNARA NAID 28966295 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Seattle, WashingtonJuly 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 Seattle, Washington in July 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

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

WA / 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
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Wos Bolloon |
18 July 1956 Seattle, Washington 0 Probably Balloon |
0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :
EL yop et a RR Rl SR UA XhGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Een ea Ah BRE |
aT 19 /Qa2 0 Air-Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PNOTOS 8. SOURCE Eo RE 0 Was Astrandmical
O Yes w} Probably Astronomical
A No Civilian O Possibly Astronomico
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [37 0 thera snide NpUg nv i
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
i { x dia O Unknown
one minute one circling |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING be COMMENTS
| cone star like object white in color, | Aircraft in area at time of |
leaving vapor trails, Circled two | sighting. In all probability |
| times aad faded from sight. | this sighting was generated by
| the above mentioned aircraft,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966295

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

SeattleSeattle, WAWashington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-07-01

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