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Case FileNARA NAID 28967695 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Taft, CaliforniaSeptember 1956

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 Taft, California in September 1956. The full case file (3 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

Taft, California

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
26 September 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT 28/19037

5. PHOTOS
Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
two minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round silver or white fluttering object, size of basketball at arm's length. Object flow in a westerly direction out of range of naked eye. Object was observed visually for two minutes.

2. LOCATION
Taft, California

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
westerly

11. COMMENTS
Description & duration of sighting indicate sighting was probably caused by a/c.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967695

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Organizations

27TH AIR DIV NORTON AFS CALIF759TH ACMRON BORON CALIFAIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATT AFB OHIODIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE USAF WASHINGTON DC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaTaftTaft, CATaft, California

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-09-0126 September 1956

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