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Case FileNARA NAID 28954686 · T1206 Roll 18

Project Blue Book Case File

Marshall AFB, KansasMay 1953

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Marshall AFB, Kansas in May 1953. 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 18.

Reported location

Marshall AFB, Kansas

Date of incident

May 1953

State / country

KS / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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25 oy 53 25/160,54% izrsh21l AB eng 18
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION | nN
2ob Reported AISUFFICLLIT DALAL FOR SvaLuaTr on
4. NUMBER OF ORJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS :
One Ilinute Lean shaped objoet vas traveling «bt a nigh rate of speed
{2oprox 600 mph) st lor altitude on a ET der handdvn
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sibs 4 os mms Me SL a gl QE NOG
crown -Tis ie 4
7. COURSE |
057 degrees :
8. PHOTOS
0 Yes
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes
XNe
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may bs used,
= : : A A Be AE iio AHGA Bll sein A aati Bie
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28954686

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

KansasMarshall AFBMarshall AFB, KS

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-05-01

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