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Case FileNARA NAID 28963656 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Wegenstetter, Germany, September 1955September 1955

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 Wegenstetter, Germany, September 1955 in September 1955. The full case file (3 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 24.

Reported location

Wegenstetter, Germany, September 1955

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
13 Sep 55

2. LOCATION
Wegenstetter, Germany

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 13/0100Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
West

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Rectangular obj passed through 45 deg of arc in four seconds. Had lights along the side. Four times as long as wide.

11. COMMENTS

Probable meteor sighting.

Sept. 13, 1955-Dr. [illegible] and his wife watched with other Stillwater residents as a brilliant object with an internal light traveled back and forth over Stillwater at enormous speed.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963656

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

StillwaterWEGENSTETTEN (Aargau) SchweizWegenstetterWegenstetter, Germany

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

13 Sep 5513.September 195519551955-09-01