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Case FileNARA NAID 28961319 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Snowhill, MarylandFebruary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Snowhill, Maryland in February 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

Snowhill, Maryland

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ys : "12. CONCLUSIONS [ |
3 A i A 1 Was Bolloon
SER ERRMIATY IV00 1 Buowhill, Maryland = 10 Erebdbly Dutleon |
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF GBSERVATION WEARER MT
by RE ERR a Rr A ba Ee En Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 Re a
J 2 GMT __26/0200% ARTIRGN LAL. | Air Visual 3 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
i No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE | tF¥other A/C Flare
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
X 3 0 Unknown
| I EE RERUN eae 1 QOWRWARD
{ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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3 One yellow object, size of a pea held| Definitely identified as an
i at arms length, fell "like a flare," aircraft fre in a limited
The sighting was ground visual at investigation by Flight 3-H,
4 night, Observer went into his house tq
1 get a coat and when he returned the
: object had disappeared.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961319

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