Los Alamos, New MexicoNovember 1953

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 Los Alamos, New Mexico in November 1953. The full case file (3 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

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

NM / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

1. DATE-TIME GROUP
17 November 53 17/2332

2. LOCATION
Los Alamos, New Mexico

3. SOURCE
Civilian

10. CONCLUSION
BALLOON

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

Report at 0130 observation at balloon observation time.

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
26 minutes

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Round like or jet decorated plainly. Source stated that in was turned to follow of 3 at the 5 on the 5.

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-visual

9. COURSE
Descending

8. PHOTOS
O Yes
X No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
O Yes
X No

FORM
FTD SEP 53 O-320 (TDB)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956866

Connected across the archive

People

CAPT CHARLES L DEWEES D.W. EARL

Organizations

54TH AIR DIV (DEF)COMMANDER AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COMMANDER AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON COMMANDER CENTRAL AIR DEFENSE FORCE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Installations

Kirtland Air Force Base Los Alamos

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book