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Case FileNARA NAID 28959045 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

E. St. Louis, IllinoisJuly 1954

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 E. St. Louis, Illinois in July 1954. 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 21.

Reported location

E. St. Louis, Illinois

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
18 July Eo abd . Haas 0 Wos Bolloon
2 v 5h =. 5t Louis, Illinois O Prabobly Bollcon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION al ah CU
Local § E 8B Wos Aicraft
; ET ooh = XB Ground Visual O Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft
GMT AANA a Air Vizvadl O Air-Intercept Rader O Possibly Aircroft
: [
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
a Yes 5 O Probably Astronomical
Ne Civilian : O Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EL Cy hy
: a O Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
HH 3 to 5 minutes 1 Southerly He Uke
ETE EE RE OG Hy Si alee Fe er SR RR ME a es DER BRE De ee INE RR eC SS en
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Star like object, steady movement to S orSW.
EF 1 Shaped like disc, Estimated altitude 30,C00 - Probable a/c Sighting.
40,000 ft.
ERE he ae Te Re ee PA CEES PES SRC |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) -
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