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Case FileNARA NAID 28958153 · T1206 Roll 20

Project Blue Book Case File

Foster AFB, TexasMay 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 Foster AFB, Texas in May 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 20.

Reported location

Foster AFB, Texas

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i TRA ER PROJECT 10073 RECORD : lg | &
I. DATE j, TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION : | 8
9 May 5
10/0122 Foster AFB, Texas
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION pag ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR p
redo Possible meteor sighting i rd with durati | |
rs n acco uration and description. |
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Spiral attributed to optical illusion or movement of observers |
one own a/c. }
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS k
10 seconds Tear drop shaped light. Flourescent, blusih green, reddish
tail. No sound. Made half Spiral to left.as approached a/c
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION and disappeared immediately after leveling off. Position at
xx air visual same altitude and directly in front of observer's a/c. WX
2580 included light haze. :
8. PHOTOS
O Yes
De No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
O Yes :
0 Neo
FORM :
A FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958153

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