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Case FileNARA NAID 28962105 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Winchester, VirginiaMay 1955

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 Winchester, Virginia in May 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Winchester, Virginia

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

VA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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a - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: (m] atl
16 1 5 i ste ireinia 0 Probably Balloon
16 May 1900 | Winchester, Virginia 5 Brose popeen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
: : i O Was Aircraft
Local Yoroeess XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircroft
: GMT Clontostondolor IIR TE Hao 0 Air Visual 0) Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronamical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
: XB No Civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PR dR SE ROM
3 dX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i : o|0 Unknown
i EOE Be 000 | UOWRWARE BOTNl eii
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ne whitish-yellow object appeared as Observer's estimates & data are
3 n inverted bowl with a light shining not Feasible, i.e.; sezing three
i n it, Observer estimated size as threq foot object at 10,000 feet at
reet at 10,000 feet. Object seemed to night, and contradictions given
1 ive behind a mountain range, in preliminary rpt prechude
: necessity for investigation. No
i investigation authorized, Case
0 CET listed as insufficient data.
X \ Pade 43
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962105

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