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Case FileNARA NAID 28956901 · T1206 Roll 20

Project Blue Book Case File

Kirtland AFB, New MexicoNovember 1953

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 Kirtland AFB, New Mexico in November 1953. 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 20.

Reported location

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956901

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