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Case FileNARA NAID 28939178 · T1206 Roll 8

Project Blue Book Case File

Holloman AFB, New MexicoMarch 1951

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 Holloman AFB, New Mexico in March 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Holloman AFB, New Mexico

Date of incident

March 1951

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| [bate - 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Wes Balloon
24 Marchl951 Holloman AFB, New Mexico Q Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION oo ra Ww TREY —
Loco! 0555-0600 MST O Greund-Visvel O Ground-Roder eg I
GMT 24 12557 O AinVisuel O Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircreft
5. PHOTOS JOUR( O Was Astronomicol :
xYes OD Probobly Astrenomicel
0 Ne DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a CSR —
Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
0 Unknown
not reported e
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Photo of object taken by tracking Camera Only time and date given. Duration,
at Holloman AFB. Object photographed in direction of flight, manner of observa- h
conjunction with various meteor studies and tion (Whether it was also observered \
os lg to locate objects by triangulation. visually) and other pertinent data
oto was part of this study. missing. Case Insufficient Data for \
analysis. 3
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939178

Connected across the archive

Installations

Holloman Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Holloman AFBHolloman AFB, NMNew Mexico

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19511951-03-01

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