McDonough Georgia, December 1951December 1951

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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 McDonough Georgia, December 1951 in December 1951. 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

McDonough Georgia, December 1951

Date of incident

December 1951

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

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| ror .
3 Tt} Wos Bolloon
17 Dec 1951 MeDonon sh Georgina 0 Prabobly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. YVPC OF OBSERVATION =” Possitly Setiesn
TMT iciasmsintios boosie iiss B Ground: Visual DO Ground-Redor - Probe Averett
CMT 0 Air Visuo! 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS § SOURCE —_
Pir AT area 0D Woes Astronomical
O Yes CA TSICAL SULCTILN DO Probobly Astranomicel
0 No Civilian ; 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CER ESR me
0 Insufficiant Dote for Evaluation
0 Unrknown
CORTE Ree VERRIER. RINE. «+S SOR SEIT lio Kona RAR AR, | SEAR UIE SRP GR
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
Dobbins AFB, Georgia co requested idenbificatipn Balloon, Navy authorities furnished
of balloon, Persons wno found object described] intfermotion that balloon was probably |.
it as a plastic balloon 30 ft in diameter with] used by ATC for training PREpOsSes, | -
three nylon shroud lines and simple cord and : 4
snap device for load suspension. Suspension O
cord cub in manner indidating blasting. a
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940420

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-12-01