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Case FileNARA NAID 28959154 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Atlantic City, New JerseyJuly 1954

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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 Atlantic City, New Jersey in July 1954. The full case file (5 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 21.

Reported location

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
29 nly 5 3 | Tammany mari
29 July 1954 Atlantic Citv. New B Was Balloon NXperimen! al
Atlantic City, New Jersey B Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SE Ib Ld
Varied ; 0 Wos Aircraft
LY J Ee BE ASC ES ei 3<{Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Qo Probably Ais evath
GMT 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
a Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 5 II No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bi AOF he restate sel ori ae
5 O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Varied 21hr 1 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Approximately 300 persons saw a round shiny A check of the balloon launchings and
!' | object hovering in the sky for a long period tracks revealed a balloon was launched
| of time. No significant performance character— pn 27 July 1954in N.H., It was over the
o were noticed. Atlantic City area on 29 July 54,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959154

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