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Case FileNARA NAID 28983119 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Kirtland AFB, N. M., April 1959April 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Kirtland AFB, N. M., April 1959 in April 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Kirtland AFB, N. M., April 1959

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
| PROJECT 0073 RECORD CARD |
| I DATE = = LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS fo
0 Was Balloon {
: DF fia ®) | Kietilang TRE Ma 0 Probably Balloon f
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP E TYPE OF OBSERVATION SUAS Lee
g : : . 0, 0 Was Aircraft
sel =e 0:Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probebly Aircraft

: CMT. 20105307 | 0 AirxVisual 0 Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

3 t 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

i O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical

it To 0 No | civilian 0° Possibly Astronomical

i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE His Other adr dliindnn dd on boi

i Fr insufficisnt Data for Evaluation

| _ : i na 0 Urknown

I 10. DRISF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS fe ire

I ATIC FORM 329 (REY 15 3EP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983119

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Installations

Kirtland Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-04-01

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