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Case FileNARA NAID 28960115 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

LaFollette, 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 LaFollette, Tennessee in November 1954. 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 22.

Reported location

LaFollette, Tennessee

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

TN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
A ~~
{ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
7 Ea : ; RRP = & Wos Bailoon
6 Noventaer 1954 laFollette, Tennessee 0 Probably Balicon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|9 Possibly Balleen
i A p O Wos Aircrafr
i Local a ——— 0 Ground-Visval O Ground-Reder a Probably Aircraft
; onto 20207 DO Air Visvai 0 Air-intercept Ruder 0 Possibly Aircraft
§ 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
7 C Yes QO Probobly Astronomical
20 Ne Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EO) TT RE eS ETE
| 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
SA 0 Unknown
5 minutes &
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 2
Round, nickel, silver object. lo manuevers. All personnel positively identified this
E. SSE drifting, Clear with unlimited visihility.| object as a balloon of the type used in
: meteorological observations,
|
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960115

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

LaFolletteLaFollette, TNTennessee

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-11-01

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