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Case FileNARA NAID 28962476 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Springfield, MOJune 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 Springfield, MO in June 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Springfield, MO

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

MO / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
Ca
: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : 5
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Was Balloon
22 June 1955 Soringficd, M —{B Pout) Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ea rr
: O Wos Aircraft
i ere a IX Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
GMT 22/1720% DAY as 0 Air-Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar x Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
X08 No civilian O Possibly Astronomical .
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ee 4 rrp ee pe rr
o . 7 nsufficient Data for Evaluation
10-15 seconds 1 N tod to W D Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : RE
Round. 15-25' in diameter. Silver. Possibly aircraft. According to
No sound. Object was trailing vhite smoke reporting official.
and gave off steady bright light. Sun was
directly overhead at time of sighting (7).
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
:
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962476

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MissouriMOSpringfieldSpringfield, MO

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-06-01

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