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Case FileNARA NAID 28941666 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Marshall, TexasApril 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 Marshall, Texas in April 1952. The full case file (6 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

Marshall, Texas

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1. LATS ( [> LOCATION ? it 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 29 Apr 52 : | Marshall, Texas O Was Ballcon
| comet 0 Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE CF OBSERVATION | 7 det Ata
Local f...1530 VERE ARE | H Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 Was Aircratt
e : | 0 F robobly Aircraft
E- ont 2Y Ch RR 54% 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
15. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE lo Was Astronomical
QQ Yes Civilian 1 Probobly Astronomical
Caio | 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTi4 OF GRSERVATION ~ }8 NUMDER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1 BA aa ss
\ 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluatic
1% minutes | 1 | [= aban
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Vi. Comments RR
"White color. Round, Straight and level
seemed to oscillate to one side,
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; ATIC FORM 329 (R1kV 25 SEP 52) \
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941666

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