20 NM, E OF TOPIA, N.M., November 1954November 1954

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 20 NM, E OF TOPIA, N.M., November 1954 in November 1954. 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 22.

Reported location

20 NM, E OF TOPIA, N.M., November 1954

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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i 3 f= Was Balloon
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i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9 Pessilly Gatisen
9 J i 0 Was Aircraft
4 Local Ea pee ee 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador a Probably Aircraft
& GMT 23 09172 on x Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 18 Possibly Aircroft
i | 5. PHOTOS / . | 6. SOURCE O Wos Astronomical
& O Yes | x Probobly Astronomical
g ‘| Possibly A ical
’ |i s No MILITARY O0ssidly Astronomica
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LE EN ERR CR a eT
E: | O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
§ O Unknown
7 is MOMENTARY CHE UNX
§ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS
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; | THEN DISAPPEARED, METECR,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960399

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

20 NM, E OF TOPIA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-11-01