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Case FileNARA NAID 28976903 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

25- Mi SW of Tokyo, Japan, January 1958January 1958

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 25- Mi SW of Tokyo, Japan, January 1958 in January 1958. The full case file (5 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 32.

Reported location

25- Mi SW of Tokyo, Japan, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
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pi 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976903

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