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Case FileNARA NAID 28929815 · T1206 Roll 2

Project Blue Book Case File

Boston, Mass, August 1947August 1947

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 Boston, Mass, August 1947 in August 1947. 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 2.

Reported location

Boston, Mass, August 1947

Date of incident

August 1947

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| 7. LENGTH OF NDSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X Othor Poss Ice Cryatals |
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110. BRIEF SUMMAMNMTY OF SIGHTING (hi COMMENTS
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