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Case FileNARA NAID 28958764 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Franklin, WisconsinJune 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Franklin, Wisconsin in June 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

Franklin, Wisconsin

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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E 1. DATE | 2 LoCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 26 June 1954 | Franc. in, Wisconsi TK Wos Balloon
gE i 7 i 2 At O Probably Bolleon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP it TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pig AL SL A
1 pos 0 Was Aiicroft
1 br | CX Semund- Visual 0 Ground-Redar Q Probably Aireroft
4 oo PRE AE GT ER EE RT Q Ain Visual 3 Alp-lntarespt Rader |B Possibly Alreraft
3 5. PHOTOS | 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yeas ] 5 O Probobly Astronomical
: A Mo | Civilian and Military O Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 [EH 0] | pe RS es SR Se EER
4 O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
1 15 Min 1 JW O Unknown
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1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Orange and red. Larger than basketball, Believed to be weather balloon launched
f No sound, Speed - slow stzady rate, at Milwaukes, Wis,
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4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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