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Case FileNARA NAID 28963873 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Springfield, IllinoisOctober 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 Springfield, Illinois in October 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 24.

Reported location

Springfield, Illinois

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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Row 2 LOCATION To |i conclusions | |
CE : ! DO Woes Ball :

LE] 9 0ct 55 Springfield, Illinois [© Probably Ballcon |

| | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP _ 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION well FORMBY Baticoh;
Tred ; ; 0 Was Aircraft i

BR .:| el X Ground-Visvel O Greund-Radar a} Probably Aircraft ol

FE i GMT 10/0020Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft /

let PHOTOS SOURCE © in oh + 40 Was Astronomical :
ea 0 Yes: 0 Probably Astronomical {

E 8 No : : O Possibly Astronomical i

|. | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ETE og Other

E nsutticient Data fo uation

Ee - ay : 2-3 min al 1 E A pra r Eva |

| "ho. BRIEF SUMMARY OF siGHTING ] 11. COMMENTS |
| 'iSheped like a star, white appeared as bright |Possible a/c however, insufficient dats |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963873

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