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Case FileNARA NAID 28968349 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Van Nuys, CaliforniaNovember 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 Van Nuys, California in November 1956. 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 26.

Reported location

Van Nuys, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
; . " " eee daa : Fran er TE TER  ma———
Vs 5 | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
13 November 1956 an_ Nuys alifor 0 Ayr <4 pi
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
Local —_— XKGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a ry vere :
GMT. __ 13/09 40 Z O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 2X Was Astronomical Meteor
OVYes O Probably Astronomical
MWXo Civilian O Possibly Astroromical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CPR UR Se
v 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown |
one minute one : :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : /
One orange object, shape of half a Description indicates that this
globe and the size of a dime at arm'g sighting was caused by a meteor,
length. Object dropped vertically Probably some overestimation on
with a bright flash, Object was obse ved///duration. :
visually for one minute,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968349

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