Whidby NAS, Whidby Is. Wash., February 1959February 1959

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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 Whidby NAS, Whidby Is. Wash., February 1959 in February 1959. The full case file (5 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 35.

Reported location

Whidby NAS, Whidby Is. Wash., February 1959

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

: ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Wos Balloon |
| 17 Feb 59 {hidby NAS, whidby Is. Wash. |G Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
: 0 Was Aircraft
EEL CT XX Ground-Visval O Ground-Redar Q Probably Aircraft :
ont 18/05582 UTE 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercopt Radar |= Possibly Aireraft |
ATO JOUR ‘OX Was Astronomical Fireball
O Probably Astronomical
Milit O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BDI cme —
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation |
0 Unknown
-6 one Nd to SE :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
! ‘Round, bluegreen obj, siz of dime. Description is typical of a
‘} No trail. fireball. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 32)
. . /
: ]
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981995

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-02-01