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Case FileNARA NAID 28960754 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Wichita, KansasDecember 1954

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 Wichita, Kansas in December 1954. 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 22.

Reported location

Wichita, Kansas

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
4 hy A UFCB INDEX CARD
3 1 DATE tei . 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 £3 : gi 0 ‘Yos Balloon ] i
4 27 December 1055 Wichita, Kansas 0 Probably Bailoon
B —_— oO P i bly Ball
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION idl dE daa
4 : | : 0 Was Aircraft
1 ERR EE i ad {3 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar ({ Probably Aircraft
E GMT 28/2 L002 Dec £q Gli 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intarcept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :
E 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
b i No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE) RE
4 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
FE : fob X 0 Unknown
E _Cne (1) Minute Cne (1) MI 4
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
a Red light which appeared to be revolving Concur in the opinion of the prepar-
3 around object giving it a rcund appearance ing officer that the sighting was
E and the size of a nickel held at arm's length. probably caused by an aircraft,
1 AISOP Natu 5 RE on 54) PE TLE)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960754

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

KansasWichitaWichita, KS

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-12-01

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