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Case FileNARA NAID 28958689 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Danvers, Mass, June 1954June 1954

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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 Danvers, Mass, June 1954 in June 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

Danvers, Mass, June 1954

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

? / XX

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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BT DATE lz LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 3& Juna 195 i hos SUCRE Ve O Was Balloon
i > ph | danvers, Mass 8 Probably Bolloon
A 3. DATE-TIME GROUP * TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|O Possibly Balloon

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§ Local ___ CK ; 5 0 Was Aivcraft

oca re RIL LK Gmumd- Visual 0 Ground-Radar BE Beha Aireratt

| GMifi esol Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Alireroh
Id 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| CO Yes O Probably Astronomical
| “Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
| Mn el ee ES ils i de Ban FORE
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other WIIDAITIFIZD
i 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
E 30 Seconds 1 AT DD Unknown

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[ |i0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Small, white, elliptical, Straight course. UNIDENTIPED
4 3W to NE in straight line through 45 des arc,
3 20 deg elev at all times. iLstance too great
i for binoculars to aid,
E =
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ¢
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958689

Connected across the archive

Installations

Hanscom

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Danvers

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-06-01

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