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Case FileNARA NAID 28941503 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

McClellan AFB, Calif., April 1952April 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from McClellan AFB, Calif., April 1952 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

McClellan AFB, Calif., April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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; : “Hi PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a :
jr ( [* LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 Apr 52 '* McClellan AFB, Calif. A ob Repay
rset t————————— {0 Probably Balloon
SATEEN © 0 00 {4 Tree OF OBSERVATION Ty A RY TT N——
" [a] - N :
| Leal oad RTE | 3 Ground: Visual 13 Ground-Radar | 5 Bes Reels
7) & SORT 414 | 0933 _ _ RR O Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar Ie. Possibly Aircraft
Pe xe aes [» SOURCE 0  Wos Astronomical :
C Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
§ Ho | commercial pilot 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LCHGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Iq Other. |
|g Insufficient Data for Evoluation
3-5 seconds 7 to 10 | 7 Unknown
Ce EC
Luminous color. Appeared to follow landing ;
aircraft.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) , reed
pi : -
off path a fad (Ce ais and Sadie 4 Ww F 4 Fi / *y
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941503

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

McClellan AFB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-04-01

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