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Case FileNARA NAID 28934893 · T1206 Roll 5

Project Blue Book Case File

Adak, AlaskaMay 1949

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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 May 1949. 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 5.

Reported location

Adak, Alaska

Date of incident

May 1949

State / country

AK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 5

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
gE ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD

~ |. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LF TION

| 16 May 1949 16/2120z Adak, Alaska

~ |3- source 10. CONCLUSION

| Military AIRCRAFT ; |
~ [4 NuMBER OF oBJECTS |
1 Three No data presented to indicate object could not have been an A/C. |
a S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION (11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS i
1 Not Reported Object appeared like a jet a/c flying straight headirig Southd
4 Reflection of sun on objects prevented determination of |
~ |6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;

3 shape. |
1 Ground=-Visual
~ |7. course ¥
| south Gy |
~ |e. PHOTOS
3 O Yes

i [A No :

* ]9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |
4 O Yes 3 :

4 XZ No |
1 - aun am F ° RM aA. tween ‘ 4

- 2 / . Sp rHRARE i» * -o 9 . me - es - - cone we
/ 4

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28934893

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

AdakAdak, AKAlaska

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19491949-05-01

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