PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785986

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONWASHINGTON D C

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
10 Decemb34 1956 Anacostia, D.C. Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XXPossibly Balloon
Local_ XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 11/0235Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
15 minutes one SE & hovering
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object ral but flat, larger Sighting described characteris-
than a basketball color white tic of WX balloon.
turning orange. Observer glanced up
ut 15 minutes.
Object disappeared Object disappeared wnen observer en observer
made call to report sighting. At made call to repor sighting. At
least four a/c in area over Bolling
Field.
)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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11.
Squadron.
12 None
13. Wing Intelligence Officer's Comment:
It. 18 regarded as a better than average fighter pilot, his
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station located on base yielded
negative results.
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10-11 10235214
HQA021
MM RJEDEN RJEDWP
- DE RJEPHQ 84 UNCLASSIFIED
PARAPHRASE NOT CATEGORYJ BY DAIE-TIME GROU T
M\ ALL INTEKNAL.
PRIOR TO DECLAMIFISATION I witners
FM HEDUSAF WASHDC
TO RJEDEN/COMMANDER UIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPGS COLO
RJEDWP/COMMANDER AIR TECH WRIGHT PATTERSON I AFB OHIO
BT 4E4
44x
UFOB (1) (A) OVAL BUT FLAT, (B) LARGER T THAN A BASKETBALL, 2age
(C) WHITE TURNING ORANGE, (D) ORANGE, (C) WHITE TURNING ORANGE, (D) ORANGE, (E) NA, UNK
(G) NONE, (H) NONE, (I) NONE (G) NONE, () NONE, (I) NONE
C (2)(A) GLANCEDUP AND SAW, (B) UNK, (C) UNK, (D) SOUTHEAST UND (2) (A) GLANCED UP AND SAW, (B) UNK, (C) UNK, (D) SOUTHEAST UND
√ ~ HOVERING, (E) DISAPPEARED WHEN HOVERING, (E) DISAPPEARED WHEN CALL,
(F) ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES
(3)(A) GORUND VISUAL, (B) NONE, KC)N/A (3) (A) GORUND VISUAL, (B) NONE,KC N/A
(4)(A) 2135E(B) NIGHT,
(5) TOWN OF ANACOSTIA NICHOLS BLOCK,
Classification Cancelled
OR Changed to
AUM. 4ER205-1D !
( PAeA 2-176 ()
Br t. Guntailla

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(6) (A) CIVILIAN, MISS AGE
AVE, SECRETARY.
(7) (A) CAVU, (B) NO FORECASTER ON DUTY,(CNONE, (DUNLIMITED
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(E)(F) NONE
()AND (9) NONE(1)ALT LEAST FOUR AIRCRAFT OVER PATTERN OVER
J BOLLING AFB.
(11) AIRDROME OFFICER BOLLINV AFB: BELIEVES NAVIGATION LIGHTS OF
- LANDING AIRCRAFT
OFF, BOLLING
AFB.
BT
11/0523Z DEC RJEPHQ
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