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Case FileNARA NAID 28968587 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Victoria, TexasDecember 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 Victoria, Texas in December 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 27.

Reported location

Victoria, Texas

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
ER PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Was Balloon
: 10 December 1956 Victoria Texas QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
RY [re Ee a NR SR sv) 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar oR Probably Alreraft
emt 10/2000 XX Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE D Was Astronomical
DO Yes DO Probaebly Astronomical
XNo USAF Pilot : O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |O,Other—
eg faut cient Data for Evaluation
nKknown
15 minutes one E to N 3
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
Silver object with straigh wing, Object was definitely aircraft.
having engine rods or large Believed to be USAF recon-
wing pods intakes observed naissance type on experimental
between 56,000--62,000 feet. Small test mission, |
contrail, estimated speed Mach 85.
Ji ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
| | | /
14 : . : .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968587

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