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Case FileNARA NAID 28938923 · T1206 Roll 8

Project Blue Book Case File

Artesia, New MexicoJanuary 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 Artesia, New Mexico in January 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

Artesia, New Mexico

Date of incident

January 1951

State / country

NM / 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
& PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR"
I. oate : | 2. LOCATION % 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 0 Wos Bolloon
Ll dan A | Artesia, New Mexico D probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP ia TYPE OF OBSERVATION |O Possibly Balloon
DDE (ott  Ground-Visuol O Ground-Radar = Lg A
our Not Given === 0 Air-Visuai O Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
“5. PHOTOS v 6. SOURCE ui is 0 Bos, Astrenemicel
5] A icol :
Nog Civilian 0 Shad ated
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE ae
: EI Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
40 second & | 2 NE 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGNTING 11. COMMENTS GE
bul gray in color. Objects larger than balloo Insufficient data for evaluation, Do
Eoth objects were moving equal distance apart not know exant relationship to the
appeared to make an abrupt turn & dissappeared balloon on such items as positional \
ak a very fast rate of spced, Day was clear. data end also no time concept,
Objects would fly around & above the balloon 5
& then fly off in NE direction. llo way to esti )
mate the speed of the objects, Shape like roun >
disc, }
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“22 case 22 Jan 51, Hollman AFB) .
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ie
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938923

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