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Case FileNARA NAID 28937615 · T1206 Roll 7

Project Blue Book Case File

Kirtland AFB, N.M., March 1950March 1950

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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., March 1950 in March 1950. 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 7.

Reported location

Kirtland AFB, N.M., March 1950

Date of incident

March 1950

State / country

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Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
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