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Case FileNARA NAID 28949890 · T1206 Roll 15

Project Blue Book Case File

ALLENTOWN, PA., September 1952September 1952

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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 ALLENTOWN, PA., September 1952 in September 1952. The full case file (6 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 15.

Reported location

ALLENTOWN, PA., September 1952

Date of incident

September 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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113. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING CL seme vienna 1
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Civilian pilot, an inactive AY reserve 0, the description give the inmprecsioan f vi
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