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Case FileNARA NAID 28967379 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Silver Springs, MarylandSeptember 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 Silver Springs, Maryland in September 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

Silver Springs, Maryland

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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3 September 1958 Silver Springs, Maryland O Probably Bolloon
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; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WT W——
: O Was Aircroft
St smear ~ X:Ground- Vi suel O Ground-Rodor {0 Probobly Airerohr
eur___U4/01307 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rader |D Possibly Airerohr
| 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE DO Wes Astronomical
O Yes oO by Astronomicol
| : dais D ibly A
XB Neo Civilians PRDL AL onies
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other L1UAY Rofloct im
0 nr Dote for Evaluation
3 O Unknown
ten seconds one Straic
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF sionTING ————— —— ————— Straight yp | ===
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round or oval white object, size Concur w/comments of preparing
| of basketball at arm's length, Object | officer. Sighting probably
| was sighted directly overhead ¥ disap caused by a light reflection of
peared straight up. Object was observedsome sort from the Washington,
visually for 10 seconds, DC area. Impracticable to attempt
‘ to pinpoint light source,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967379

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