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Case FileNARA NAID 28949257 · T1206 Roll 15

Project Blue Book Case File

Barksdale AFB, La., August 1952August 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 Barksdale AFB, La., August 1952 in August 1952. 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 15.

Reported location

Barksdale AFB, La., August 1952

Date of incident

August 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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Pl. DATE J » ( HE LOCATION ( 12 CONCLUSIONS !
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" EAS : & po a Provably tallienn |
i J DAT ET oiag Grou? "4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 19 Poussivly Uelloon |
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: SR OR ch iin 0330 FR THE Ap SITE : & Ground-Visua, - Uround-kadar 2 Propabiy Airco |
: Lu FORT ORERERAR) J ; O Air-Visva! G Aur-intercept Redor Possibly Awerah
"s. PRCTOS | 6. SOURCE 1 8 Wes Avesneniee!
! : “Yes | ‘0 Probebly Astionumice! |
‘ Xie ! airuan, IDvg G Pousibly Asrionomical |
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1 7. LENGTH OF Q3SERVATICN | 8. NUMTER OF OBJECTS ' 9. COURSE BE ans |
Fan i ! 352 Insufficient Duta for Evaluation |
! 2 : S 1 & Unknown !
SER A ERTS NES SRN! ANTRAL Rp: SU Ed
113. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : [}1. COMMENTS
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Comet" ghape. High speed to hover. | 2 obgecis sighted by airmen lst .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28949257

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Barksdale AFB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-08-01

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