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Case FileNARA NAID 28963213 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Seattle, Wash, August 1955August 1955

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, Wash, August 1955 in August 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Seattle, Wash, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
| ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Balloon
17 Aug 55 Seattle, Wash O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TINE GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ell ong
I I RB SLY EN Oa EX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 4 “Brava River
GMT 18/0515 0 Air~Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS + SOUR O Was Astronomical
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Q No tind O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE APTI iim ainesmn
‘ O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
2 «= 3 min SW « E OQ Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ’
Round, reddish white, wavering Description and duration of sighting
indicates possible a/c observation.
No info presented conflicting with
this analysis.
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963213

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Seattle

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-08-01

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