Central House, AlaskaJuly 1953

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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 Central House, Alaska in July 1953. The full case file (3 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

Central House, Alaska

Date of incident

July 1953

State / country

AK / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

1. DATE - TIME GROUP: 23 JUL 53
2. LOCATION: Central House, Alaska
3. SOURCE: Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: [illegible]
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [illegible]
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Daylight
7. COURSE: Not reported
8. PHOTOS: No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Yes
10. CONCLUSION: [illegible] Object identified as a balloon with packet attached. One of [illegible] = 12 T 7 2 /hr long and U = 1 North. This concludes [illegible]
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: [illegible] Identified Object identified as a balloon [illegible] traveled at speed of approximately [illegible] northerly direction [illegible]
FORM FTD SEP 43 0-329 (TDB)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28955694

Connected across the archive

People

Capt. Ruppelt

Organizations

5704TH AIR INTL SQ General Mills Univ. of Iowa

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Alaska Central House Central House, AK Central House, Alaska