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Case FileNARA NAID 28940297 · T1206 Roll 8

Project Blue Book Case File

Andrews AFB, WashingtonNovember 1951

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Andrews AFB, Washington in November 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Andrews AFB, Washington

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Ea 2 . ER CLR D Woes Ball
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3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i TVsawy Sune
0320LE5T 0 Was Aiicroft
Local pC Dee 0 Ground-Visuel O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft
i X IS Faw /) : 2
CMT x ded Eh Air Visual 0 Air-Intercep? Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0D Probably Astronomico!
| XilNo Civilian (Pilot) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other LININNITIFIED
0D  Insuvfficiont Deto for Evaluation
0D Unknown
lot, Reported 1 E
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Strange object following Pilot Airplane(DC-4) | UNIDAITIFILD
for about 20 miles at £000 ft and tuned back,
Cpject reported to be a star because of brilliant
light it carried, Several other lights were seé¢n
on it also, Object appeared to be moving very
slowly, Radar was unable *o pick-up object,
Object observed to pass under Verms headed
South.
ATIC FORM 320 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940297

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