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Case FileNARA NAID 28959552 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Clarkdale, ArizonaSeptember 1954

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 Clarkdale, Arizona in September 1954. The full case file (6 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 21.

Reported location

Clarkdale, Arizona

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
£75 a Pa 4 O Was Balloon
17 September 1954 Clarkdale, Arizcna O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GC Fossibly Balioen
Local ARNE TR bonito) | SR D Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Wos Aircraft
18701587 O Probably Aircraft
(o] Tl Ra Nr oe ph Oy Ci CL Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
B No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BRE Bot] Tt A EE oC
: XIX Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Not Reportzad il: S then © 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : rs
Brilliant ecbject size DC 4. Speed 700 to 10CQ. Insufficient data, Duration and manner
Faster than jet, Flight XP N to 5, turning of disappearance not inciuded. Probably
to course paralell to observers 2/c (110 deg a/c but cannot conclude.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959552

Connected across the archive

Installations

Andrews Air Force BaseEdwards Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ArizonaClarkdaleClarkdale, AZ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-09-01

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