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Case FileNARA NAID 28960631 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Madison, VirginiaDecember 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 Madison, Virginia in December 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 22.

Reported location

Madison, Virginia

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

VA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1 I. DATE 2. LOCATION [12, CONCLUSIONS

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8 10. BRIER SUMMARY oF SIGHTING SE 4 I. COMMEN i: y 3 :

Fran Foup ound, blye gray O0jects, No nsuffy cient data f or PValuatiaon,
3 Partienlae Formation. Incredip, Speed, 6 minut, 8 for dyupats on in conflict
Uisan fared in pure of smoke » Or into haze, With pe orted speed +  Lithep Speed
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Cnot cone) ude, Photog nos received,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960631

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