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Case FileNARA NAID 28996910 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Edwards AFB, Calif., April 1962April 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

The OCR from this 61-page file is too fragmentary and incomplete to support an accurate summary. Pages 1-9 contain teletype messages and official correspondence related to film footage shot during an X-15 aircraft flight, discussing media release protocols and whether NASA footage shows unidentified objects. Pages 10-30 consist largely of scanned images with garbled text, magazine articles, and administrative announcements. No coherent primary narrative about a UFO sighting emerges from the legible portions.

On April 29, 1962, the Air Force recorded a case at Edwards Air Force Base, California, involving film footage taken during an X-15 rocket plane flight. The investigation file appears related to photographic evidence from that mission. However, the file's legible content focuses primarily on the bureaucratic handling and media release of the imagery rather than describing any unidentified object observed during the flight. The full case file of 61 pages is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Edwards AFB, Calif., April 1962

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

61 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 61
View transcribed text
Eo TE pe EL ee RR TT 7 « X ! .
ah : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE eR 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 0 Was Balloon
29 Apr 62 Edwards AFB, Calif. 0 Probably Ballcon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP E TYPE OF OS3SERVATION hie RE STRE RH Oo
; ; 0 Was Aircraft
3 g - r -R
3 FEL ne RA ESE ER fee 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT wr mrs ol CI Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
. JBYes 1 Probably Astronomical
; C No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
Ee LE SRE by SAL OEE RO DS CI AREA SNA NEL LS FL FL ALC AA SR EN SS RS :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OR 0] 111 SORE A ehh APR (A
; ‘CQ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 0 Unknown
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: X-15 photos on movie film. Partial Analysis of the strip that sas
4 strirn = + pals) 3 mye - res 3 s 9 Ee ‘
: : trip sent to if ID Loz analysis, Con- received showed only the "chase
tact w/organization itd the film plane" as an obj that might have
pronised pita to be forwarded, bzen considered unidentified, Casp
; IRE a re lle ua SR ob v / Clg Tig TR
however, this was not rec#ived by FTD considered as insufficient data
until such time as the film is
i supplied for analysis,
: Note: Film strip sent to Dr Hynek
i since no obj was depicted, To be used
by him as illustration of high alt photography.
1 ATIC FORM 129 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996910