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Case FileNARA NAID 28996697 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Keesler AFB, MississippiApril 1962

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 Keesler AFB, Mississippi in April 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

Keesler AFB, Mississippi

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

MS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
3 Military PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 5 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Fr Adda ay Keesler AFB, Mississippi 0. Was Bollioon
a REPRE. ERs TRANADDLU oo 0 Probably Balicon
—————————————————————————————————————————————————- SS ——————— A —— eC ——— | L»] . 1
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
i : OQ Was Aircraft
| TEL PR SR AR A MS Ot 0 Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probobly Alreroft
: GMT. 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS Siva load §. SOURCE 0 Was Asironomical
; 0 Yas aysica Militaxy 0 Probably Astronomical
3 0 Ne Specimen fal Lloary 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE G20 Ee A
3 0 Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
] 0 Unknown
1]
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING DL OOMNEE os
E Recovered item. Balloon with weight of 1000- | Called Capt Joe Kittipger. Balloon be-
3 1500 lbs polyethelena2. No payload or markings, longs to orgenization engaging in high-
altitude research which will make
3 arrangements for disposition of same.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
2 ’
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996697

Connected across the archive

Installations

Andrews Air Force Base

Places

Keesler AFB, MSMississippi

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19621962-04-01

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