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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7069607
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONPittsburgh Pennsylvania
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
18 August 1956 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 00 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
GMT_19/0205Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical atar/plane
Yes Yes 00 a Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
OWo Military Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE COURSE Other_ Other.
000 000 Insufficiant Data for Insufficiant Dat Evaluation
1 hr 43 mins I hr 43 mins Unknown
one pendulum
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One circular One circular object the size of a object the size of a Description and duration indica-
baseball at arm's baseball arn's length length. Object had . Object had tive of astro body observation
a pendulum a pendulu swing. Object was sighted Object was sighted such as Mars.
at 10,000 at 10,000 pet altitude. t altitude. Object Object was was
observed observed isually r 45 minutes.
No Report In File
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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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.