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Case FileNARA NAID 28952842 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

Cottonwood, ArizonaJanuary 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 Cottonwood, Arizona in January 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 17.

Reported location

Cottonwood, Arizona

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE - IME CROUP » LOCATION :
(
27 Jan 53 28/0215% Cottonwood, Arizona
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 4
| Civ. man PIO BABLY AIRCRAFT
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Cne Possibly afc :
5 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND AHALYSIS
A 5 Fin, Large yellowish-crange lizht with a smaller 1174 breveling
at en est speed of 350-400 nph at epnrox §,000!' to 10,000! .
5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Uh TEN PRES NE SAUD pn at appipx 8,000 So 10,000
CGround=Yisual
| 7. COURSE
South :
3. PHOTOS
0 Yes
i XX No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yas
Er No
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952842

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ArizonaCottonwoodCottonwood, AZ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-01-01

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