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Case FileNARA NAID 28961940 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Terryville, ConnecticutMay 1955

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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 Terryville, Connecticut in May 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 23.

Reported location

Terryville, Connecticut

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

CT / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
10 Ma 1955 T 0 Bo aan
2D May Os Terryville Connecti OQ Probably Balloon
ATE PIs aie | Terry viiie lcut $
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION tH Possibly Balloon
LA 3 0 Was Aircraft
Local rit i ce XM Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar (w} Probably Aircraft
CM LULZOLAGRD. oo 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar RS Possibly Aircraft
SPRoTes — = nyieel 0 Airintercept Rader
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0D Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
MKNo Civili an O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~~ — 5 oreeoB
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0, gi RE CAR
C Hiribibish al Dato for Evaluation
1 monute one N/A Sd
19, BRIEF SUMMARY OR SIG. ———-9B9 | KN
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Like a star" blue, Sounded like ap Possible Jet a/c with after
| a/c. Moving very fast, burner,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961940

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ConnecticutTerryvilleTerryville, CT

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-05-01

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