Vicinity of McChord AFB, Wash., April 1956April 1956

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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 Vicinity of McChord AFB, Wash., April 1956 in April 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 25.

Reported location

Vicinity of McChord AFB, Wash., April 1956

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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3 Higa oh : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

BB 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
g 0 Was Boll

: 18 April 1956 icinity of McChord AFB,Wash|0 Probobly Balloon

3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

; by 5] NTT Ee i XXGround- Visual DO Ground-Radar ER Ec Rvorals
GMT__18/0822Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft

3 5. PHOTOS L, SOURCE : D Was Astronomical i
4 0OVYes O Probably Astronomicol

; XDNo nknown (Civilian probably) O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RYT EE Ey
| 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
1 three minutes one then LL circling|? Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS :

| One then three roynd objects, describgd Aircraft landing at the time
Eo as being similar to automobile head- of the sighting, Aircraft was
: lights at 2 blocks distance, appeared circling, landed three mins
to circle, then disappear behind after sighting, Duration sub-
| trees, The objects were white in color. stantiates above hypothesis.
§ Sighting through windshield of auto.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965406

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Vicinity of McChord AFB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-04-01