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Case FileNARA NAID 28952504 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

Adak, AlaskaJanuary 1953

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Adak, Alaska in January 1953. 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 17.

Reported location

Adak, Alaska

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

AK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
i I. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOTATION :
i SLRS : |
i 3 Jen 53 4/C8107 PETRA Pr :
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION A |
i t lan Astro (FETECR) :
1 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS : |
: Probable lieteor observation
3 Cne : i
E 5. LENGTH OF ODSERVATION il. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS |
3 Sec, ophericel intense blue list, murple at outer extremitie S, |
. 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION traveled ab a tremendous speed, Source was uncertain as to i
3 \ sae wvhiether object disappeared behind clouds or nob, i
; Ground-Visual (Lo Similar object scen before Ly observer), :
; 7. COURSE
f Last :
i ‘8. PHOTOS
0 Yes
2 No
1 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
J Yas :
E 2 No
| FORM :
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
| 3 : .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952504

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

AdakAdak, AKAlaska

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-01-01

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