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Case FileNARA NAID 28960587 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Long Beach, CaliforniaDecember 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 Long Beach, California in December 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

Long Beach, California

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

CA / 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
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ; gk
. Decemhor 155) Long Beach, California (J Was Bolloon

Bad : SLR 4 0  Probobiy Baiison

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~|9 PossiWy Balloon

ir NE 0 Wos Aircraft
- 0 -f
Local pci or Q- Ground-Visuoi Ground-Rador OQ Probably Airerofs
CMT she Bl ek 0 Air-Visuai D Air-intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes S 00 Probobly Astronomical
CF No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I's. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Go |r RR
OL. Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
pe i a Wt 0 Unknown
a | 5 minutes ‘ vi
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING il, COMMENTS ; : i 3
Long ohject, 2 ft, vide, 10 ft long. Red, Could possibly be Jet aircraft. Tos
little info for accurate evaluation,
Case consid-red as insufficient data,

ATIC PORM 329 (REV 25 BEEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960587

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaLong BeachLong Beach, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-12-01

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