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Case FileNARA NAID 28965634 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Washington DC, May 1956May 1956

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 Washington DC, May 1956 in May 1956. The full case file (2 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

Washington DC, May 1956

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 May 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 14/1815Z **

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one hour

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three, then one, object shaped like a submarines, silver in color. The objects appeared to remain stationary

2. LOCATION
Washington DC

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Aircraft

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
first three later one

9. COURSE

11. COMMENTS
** This date/time group is evidently in error as this was a nighttime sighting. Insufficient data for analysis.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965634

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATIC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Washington DC

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

14 May 195619561956-05-01

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