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Case FileNARA NAID 28937411 · T1206 Roll 7

Project Blue Book Case File

Holloman Air Force Base, New MexicoFebruary 1950

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 Air Force Base, New Mexico in February 1950. The full case file (6 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 7.

Reported location

Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico

Date of incident

February 1950

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
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