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Case FileNARA NAID 28956845 · T1206 Roll 19

Project Blue Book Case File

Catalina, CaliforniaNovember 1953

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 Catalina, California in November 1953. 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 19.

Reported location

Catalina, California

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
\. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION |
16 love her £2 18/23CE Cotallun, Codifom? |
|
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
ERE CTSTS stionoded (FUSION)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS CR A WE SR TORS a : sid
One ¢ Grills STA OLS Lv ng" evely Lu PVE 18 Lonsdhis
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[T1. BRIES SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ° ~~ °°
10 TAautes Hound mpoilish: <2 3bs object npr to bl er in Mit
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EEE FR ovr rd Los Kalas one
arougied od clonge No frp Bic omavvirs oe Ory #le lov 19, Ju, 1

dh SHEN ¢ ira, 36 rine, 5 deg clev lon In “ast,
8. PHOTOS

O Yes

Xd Ne
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

OO Yes

ElNe

FORM Bi

FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956845

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaCatalinaCatalina, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-11-01