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Case FileNARA NAID 28942198 · T1206 Roll 10

Project Blue Book Case File

Houston, TexasMay 1952

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 Houston, Texas in May 1952. 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 10.

Reported location

Houston, Texas

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 10

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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20 Vay 1952 Ll A O Probably Balloon :
3. DATE-TIME GROUP I'd. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 0 Possibly Bolloon |
Local .__._ 2210 CsT CL Ground- Vi sul 0 Ground-Rador 0 Vos Sg ry :
ey 04,10 2 a Probab y Aircraft ;
OMT Nee | D AinVievel D Air-Intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft ;
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I'S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical 5
Yes Pi 0 Probably Astronomical
i No 3 AY Navigators O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE. Tl TERE ANTE,
; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation !
90 See 1 300° 12 Unknown | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS g i
None Observers were conducting dren §
Color: Orange--white ; ; practice, Noticed object coming 14
Shape: Unknown toward them from 45° elevation at %
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28942198

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