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Case FileNARA NAID 28961961 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Tinker AFB, OklahomaMay 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 Tinker AFB, Oklahoma in May 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 23.

Reported location

Tinker AFB, Oklahoma

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

OK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

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 12. CONCLUSIONS
(m] fat ha |
ii May 1955 Tinkaz Oklal 0 Pro ably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF TT CTT 0 Possibly Balloon
Local NEA Ray LT SAG JT 1 UR VCR 78 . sai ca R:Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Probobly Aircraft
omT____ 12/0335%_ 0 Air-Visuadl Q Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
& No Military I Possibly Astronomical :
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ro | AERA Eee
(m] {ashbalihd Dato for Evaluation
: 8 a nknown
one oxr two seconds one S to N :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, 36 inches in diameter, Yellow, Possible metear,
: red, with blue streaks behind, Blue
streaks twice as long as object, Esti-
mated speed of 100-150 mph, Flight pat
steady with only slight droppage in
2levation., Disappeared as if "burned
; out,"
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
g. AREER ab he Sa ee sl ON Sk sR SR 2 Sl i a Le a i -
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961961

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

OklahomaTinker AFBTinker AFB, OK

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-05-01

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