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Case FileNARA NAID 28960213 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Knoxville, TennesseeNovember 1954

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 Knoxville, Tennessee in November 1954. 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 22.

Reported location

Knoxville, Tennessee

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

TN / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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3 A DATE 2. LOCATION f12, CONCLUSIONS
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i JERE 0 'Wos Balloon
| 7 llovember 195k Knox—rille, Tennessee E Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION [4 Possibly Belisan
= Vi 8 0 Was Aircraft
TT ET EU SE Re Se Wr LEI ad Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar B Probably Aircraft
GMT__0R8/21.007 Nov Sl @ Air Visual 0 Ainimiatenst Rader |. Possibly Airereht
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
EB & No Civdliar |° Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EE CEES NC,
A TRA 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
£ (Five a Ae guid Vetter) O Unknown
£0659) on— Minutes Two (2) LU RS IRAE YS Ee NEN FRAO SO
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two (2) round, silver objects, appearing to Investigated by Flight 2-%. The opninio
step and change direction. The objects appear of the investigating authority was the
ed to te the size of 2 nickel at arm's length. sighting was caused by a/c.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960213

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