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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7070165
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONTangier Morocco
FRAMES2
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Machine transcription · mean legibility 83.7/100 · engines: tesseract-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 002tesseract-200dpi
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

1. DATE

J : 0 Wes Boliloon
25/26 August 1956 Tangier, Morocco 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belloon
night O Wes Aireroft
oe ee £2. Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Reder O Probably Airereft
GM O Air Visvel OD Air-intercept Roder |F Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTC OU 7 ; O Was Astronomicel
0 Yes News Paper 0 Probobly Astronomical
x Ne LeProvencal Marseilles,Frand® Pessibly Astronomico!
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
~ le + eaten Dete fer Evaeluction
10 seconds unknown unknown —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Radiant flying discs were sighted
over the Port of Tangier. After 10
seconds

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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FRAME 002 / 002tesseract-200dpi
During the night 25/26 August 1956 radient flying disks were
sighted over the port of Tanier. After approximately ten seconds of

immobile floating in the air, the phenomenon disappeared. Numerous

persons witnessed this strange apparition.
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.