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Case FileNARA NAID 28941181 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Medford, Mass., 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 Medford, Mass., April 1952 in April 1952. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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

Medford, Mass., April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
DATE: 9 Apr 52

DATETIME GROUP: Level [illegible]

CITY: [illegible]

SOURCE: Yes / No

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 hr - 2 hrs (approx)

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Brilliant white color. Cigar shaped. Straight and level maneuvers. Highly doubtful - very

LOCATION: Medford, Mass.

TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

COURSE: [illegible]

CONCLUSIONS: Not Balloon / Probably Balloon / Possibly Balloon / Not Astronomical / Probably Astronomical / Possibly Astronomical / Probably Aircraft / Possibly Aircraft / Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown

COMMENTS: "Hoaxer [illegible]"
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941181

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MedfordMedford, Mass.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-04-019 Apr 52