DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6970360
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1955
REPORTED LOCATIONAberdeen Washington
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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-2l4-5
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wus Balloon 7
22 July 1955 Aberdeen, Washington Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT 22/23237l 55 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
CNo Civilian and Military (coC) PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
One(1) Minute One (1) South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One (1), balloon shaped object, the size of Balloon description. There are many
a medicine ball appeared to be bobbing balloon launching sites in the area
and floating south. especially to the north. In all
probability the sighting was generated
by a balloon.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) .- .0-1h2
Public-domain United States government records (USAF Project Blue Book, NARA microfilm publication T-1206). Machine transcription from microfilm scans — typewritten bodies read well; stamps, marginalia and handwriting imperfectly. Pages marked poor legibility await re-examination. Source scans are linked unaltered on every case file.