Marysville, Tenn., January 1953January 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 Marysville, Tenn., January 1953 in January 1953. 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 17.

Reported location

Marysville, Tenn., January 1953

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2, LARATION |
( (
15 Jan 5 1 /( }] 57 1.1¢ Tr 51 jt | BP Meany : |
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION |
Civilian BALLOON
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Balloon
One .
5 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIER SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
: 30 -~ 40 ilin, Balloon shaped object with red lizht on wo ard yellow light
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION on bottou, slowly descending toward he lest disapearin:
after 30-0 minutes,
. Ground=Vi sual .
7. COURSE
Vest
3. PHOTOS
OC Yos
fir No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes 3
>: No
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may bs uaed,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952650

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Marysville

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1953 1953-01-01