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Case FileNARA NAID 28941582 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Clovis, New MexicoApril 1952

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 Clovis, New Mexico in April 1952. 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 9.

Reported location

Clovis, New Mexico

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: % CATE ( he LOCATICN ( ny CONCLUSIONS
I p 24 Apr 22 Clovis, New Mexico 0 Wos Balloon
: TAR a A TE i a SRN RR Eo 5 . b Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP "4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION RARAT hss ohn foun
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Loe! —. 2. 2010 MST _ _____ | & Ground- Visual OU Ground-Rador 0 Wos Aircraft
- ! . a Probably Aircraft
My. 28 0310°F VET ANPORRAORGEE DOR... 5... cholo 0 Air-Intercept Rador D Possibly Aircralt ’
' 5. PHOTOS I” SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
) 0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
y %£ No Ar Flight Surgeon 10 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ |(O Other... ____
' : hi | - | te, [Rpt Dato for Evaluation
nutes ny } Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING CE EUVETRESERGGL IY Fe ee ee a SR
. :
Orange-amber color. "Lights" shape. | Grow of lights first separated then
Erratic. in "blob". Moved all diredtions in
) erratic manner.
2000" mpictiug moonlight night.
’ ceiling.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2) : :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941582

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ClovisClovis, NMNew Mexico

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-04-01

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