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Case FileNARA NAID 28959415 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Lambert Field, MissouriAugust 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 Lambert Field, Missouri in August 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 21.

Reported location

Lambert Field, Missouri

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

MO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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RE fet PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ~~
~~ {1 DATE : | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
% : A a Ant " O Wos Ball
J 27 August 1954 Lambert Field, Missouri o Probably Ballaon
~ I'3. DATE-TIME GROUP [+ TpEsEgRsERvATION © GF Possibly Balloon
; d . 2 : : i
é 1 ST EHC yA all i) SOAs JE X1 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar i a Wok Airaraht ¢ |
BE 28/01C0 7 0 Boeatbly Alera
§ 5 (= © eli AO rr BY ptr A Ne SORE 0 Air Visual ‘0 Air-Intercept Radar Dak 2 ATE 3 H
f 8. PHOTOS Se 8, SOURC : : : . Eo a O Was Astronomical
1 1 O Yes O Probably Astronomical .
4 XO No h Civilian 13 Possibly Astronomical
EF 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE REY Oa Deri Shas al
is - O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
BB | 3-14 Minutes 1 NW SHEL Lh
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS IE RIE i
3 1 Spherical, black, spinning 8 to 10 ft. diameter Possible balloon, :
‘I 3C to 200 Kts. Disappeared in NW, Believed :
: to be balloon until suddenly gained speed.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
; ; : s
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959415

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Lambert FieldLambert Field, MOMissouri

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-08-01

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