Trinidad, January 1955January 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 Trinidad, January 1955 in January 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

Trinidad, January 1955

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 January 1959

2. LOCATION
Trinidad

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 06/10 15Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[blank]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
N - SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Elongated silver, no tail or wings, sound similar to B-36. No a/c rptd in area.

11. COMMENTS
Possible a/c.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other_________
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960823

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Military

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Craft and vessels

B-36

Places

Trinidad