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Case FileNARA NAID 28983852 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Yakima, WashingtonJuly 1959

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 Yakima, Washington in July 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Yakima, Washington

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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L PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; Fld nl WR 4 EE AT ; 0 Was Balloon
jos Jr i 59 Yaiting, wa SN1NgLOn a Probably Balloon §
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i ressisly, Balloch
¢ JeTetale) : avy ? 0 Was Aircroft
i Local TE TT 0-:Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Praba)y Klverats i
i CMT eae Ce) of hea A 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft I
I 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE DZ Was Astronomical [2bcor
© O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
i “IX. No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gl Others Ee sedi he
£ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E : : bi 0 Unknown |
- Ll min 1 I] |
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Rnd, orange obj, size of a small button. Probable meteor due to flight
| ‘| Traveled straight overhead, disappeared haracteristics, size, color, speed,
ie beyond horizon. In sight one minute. ete.
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2 "ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983852

Connected across the archive

Places

WashingtonYakima, WA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-07-01

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