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Case FileNARA NAID 28941818 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Keesler AFB, MississippiMay 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 Keesler AFB, Mississippi in May 1952. The full case file (5 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 9.

Reported location

Keesler AFB, Mississippi

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

MS / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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CY DATE ¥ 2. LOCATION . p> CONCLUSIONS
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7 May 5 Keesler AFD Misgiecippi. [0 os Balloo 8
i [ id » Chie 2 heesler, -— Sd SARI din 1 Probably talloon |
3. DATE-TIME SROUP ia, TYPE OF OB5URVATION lo Possibly Dollson
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LOW ee 2150 SRV | LI Ground- Visual OC Ground-Raudar k Probobly Alrerels
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GeY._. hous 118187 ae 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-lntercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
"5. PHOTOS |'8. SOURCE la Yas Astronomical
Yes i 3 a 3 Probably Astronsmicel
| aCe | 4 Ay personnel E Possibly Astronomical
| EPPS 0s as HEL SE 5100 Sl Eid 5 SS i SRD SOD © ~~ SoU i SUIS Se I Se EE. SED SERS Savane sil
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i» NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fe BIT a ee Ci
4 3 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5-10 ninutea | 10 (Est) | RID B22 Unknown
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Aluninun or silver color. Cylindrical shape. 3 E/1 and 1 officer - Objects in siglit
Darted in and out of cloudass 5-10 nin, then dicppeared for a minute
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. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941818

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