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Case FileNARA NAID 28941361 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Madison, WisconsinApril 1952

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, Wisconsin in April 1952. 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 9.

Reported location

Madison, Wisconsin

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
/ i Rd * PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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: 16 Apr 52 ( Madison, Wisconsin . . «3% lO Wos Balloon :
Se —— 0 Probably Balloon
3 DATETIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION gw TRGNWY Sewer i
: 0D Ww ire
Local 2015 CST BGround- Visual O Ground-Rader 0 Probably Alveralt
. Rafe Ney al .
ent. 7] 9215 ‘ i 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar WXPossibly Aircraft :
Ba “5. PHOTOS | 2 ” SOURCE i |B Was Astronomical’
0 Yes 29 0 Probably Astronomical
ay week XF No civilian C Possibly Astronomical
‘17. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gy Ee I VNTR,
. OD Insufficient Data for Evoluation
5 or 6 ’ 0 Unknown ) .
pote 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING wha Rea ee ee arreeeterie §
~.. | Yellowish white color. S:mi-circular. In semi-circular formation. :
| Make sharp turn and climb, . | Traveling at high rate of spced. *
Gets A/c was in area but report seems to Radar operational at 0228
| indicate thsee were not seen. : Fighters vectored, no results.
| : es : Negative results from astronons
: pos | ; : , RR Bg 9
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\ CT TT : : : : Je < ef & \ \ ps
CHEST : ,, fh = 285
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SCP 82) ~*~. a GR = 5 UH. OH a
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941361

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