Arkansas, November 1951November 1951

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 Arkansas, November 1951 in November 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Arkansas, November 1951

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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7 llovember 1951 San Antonio, Texass 0 Vas Balloon
/ 2 4 Ak at ws Nowy Jioving|D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION — 10 Possibly Bolloon
pre b 2 0 Was Aircraft
BB A RR A EI JE oo TES PRRDEN 0. Ground-VYisuol 0 Ground-Rador a Probably Aircraft
any PORERER. D Air Visual 0 Air-Intorcopt Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 8 Was Astronomicel MET. OR
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical :
BI Ma Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DURE |
OD Insufficient Deta for Evaluation |
| 3 gg A a TY 3 0 Unknown |
2 Seconds : 4 West to last : |
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
| Cnject reflected a lights as if it might have| Evaluated as Meteor Ly Dr. Lalaz,
boen the sun's rays feflected from an a/c. :
{ Object traveling at a tremondow speed (Speed
i of © shooting star), Object went out of sight
: over horizon. Object appeared to be travelin:
with the contour of the earth, No trail or
] fire.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940285

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-11-01