Uruguay, May 1955May 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 Uruguay, May 1955 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

Uruguay, May 1955

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

? / XX

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
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION RE RT
Ld 0 Was Balloon
29 May 1955 Uruguay O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION. hd ba elisa
3 2 -“r H
Leal & {RCLR NE ; “CX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar A Probably Aircraft
§ GMT 29/24007 A 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft :
3 3. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: XMNo CIaVI O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GB Biter
3 ux em Dota for Evaluation
” X 0O Unknown
; not reported one South
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
{ S80lid object, metallic appearing. In Duration not indicated, Possible
flight from north to south, Speed meteor, Possible a/c. Insufficignt 4
: faltering. Under intelligent control. data to evaluate, tN
: Gave appearance of being cold.
Brightness changed in intensity. No
: sound, na trail, tail, or exhaust,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
i RAR AA Eo AE AR AS AB a sani Bsn Bam ms BA i :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962259

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-05-01