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Case FileNARA NAID 28960330 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

BEAUMONT, TEXASNovember 1954

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 BEAUMONT, TEXAS in November 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 22.

Reported location

BEAUMONT, TEXAS

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
) Eph, CR UFCB INDEX CARD \
1. DATE. : | 2. LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
| vl |o Wos Balloon
: | '20 NOV 1954 BEAUMONT, TEXAS Sg Probably Bolloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O° Possibly Balloon
O Was Ai
| Local +) Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 2 4B Chg AR
CMT | 0 AirVisual 0 Air-lntercept Radar J Possibly Aircrait
| 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Pe Was Astronomical
Ol Yes : 18 Probably Astronomical
| = No CIVLIAN : Bas Possibly Astronomical
en BC oi
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BB Re ee
| | 5 Ryn en Data for Evaluation
l nK No wn
j= 3-5 MINUTES ACR S 1 SW ANB
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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f | sd AND WHITE LICHTS IN TRAIL, ONE LICHT CONTENTS OF THE REPORT INDICATE THE
| TRAVELING SW, FOUR OR FIVE TRAVELING XE, OBJECTS WERE PROBABLY W/X BALLOCHS,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960330

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