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Case FileNARA NAID 28976432 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Woodridge, England, January 1958January 1958

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 Woodridge, England, January 1958 in January 1958. 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 31.

Reported location

Woodridge, England, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD LA
RE 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i O Was Balloon
BE 2 Jan 58 Woodridge, England Q Probably Balloon |
4 | — : O Possioly Balloon
on 3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
0 Was Aircraft
| (| eR ES En EN Sl X Ground- Visual Q Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
; GMT 02/17407Z Q Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Rossibly Aircraft
gE 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE XX Was Astronomical VENUS
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: - ON Military O Possibly Astronomical
I a 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BON sd a
0. Insufficient Data for Evaluation
FE i Fol : O Unknown
) hy 15 mins one stationary
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 11. COMMENTS
3 Cval shaped, dull reddish-ornage obj, It was the opinion of the AACS
size of orapefrult, Tremendous size Tower operators & weather
for a star. Started moving, turned uppn personnel on duty at the time
; end w, what looked like 3 tail-1like of the sighting, that the obj
: protrusions, At that point it seemed could have been the planet f
about 3 times lorzer., Obi movad slowly Venus, ATIC concurs,
: up and down, then to right % back
: to left, then down to orig position.
All the time thes obj grew dimmer, un-
j hil it turned to an orange glow &
: sappeared, :
EF ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) \
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