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Case FileNARA NAID 28957651 · T1206 Roll 20

Project Blue Book Case File

Long Beach, CaliforniaFebruary 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 February 1954. The full case file (5 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

Long Beach, California

Date of incident

February 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
N 4 . -,
/ \ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ‘o 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
O Was Boll
24 ped 5k long Geach, California Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
CT A A CUR LX Ground. Vi sual O Ground-Radar gg A
GMT 25/0407, 0 Ain Visvel O Air-intercopt Rader |D Possibly Aircraft
« SOUR 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes S ag a
BERETS. WITT as tT WOT. rom——
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CBE RN :
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation i
0 Unknown j
m .4 134- DE MAD ~ » !
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round red light, white light from one side, 1. 13 year old boys
appeared to stand still 34 seconds. 2. Reporting officer believes boys
saw acft heading toward them then
changing direction.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) eae)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957651

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaLong BeachLong Beach, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-02-01

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