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Case FileNARA NAID 28959468 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Mineral Wells, TexasSeptember 1954

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 Mineral Wells, Texas in September 1954. The full case file (5 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 21.

Reported location

Mineral Wells, Texas

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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E PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
t py O Was Balloon
2 September 1954 Mineral Wells, Texas 0: Esohably Satieon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP je TYPE OF OBSERVATION hp Sd hha |
i R 5 0 Was Aircraft
i Local ae | 0 Ground-Visuadl O Ground-Radar @ Probably Aircraft
; omT_03/0202(N) 0 Air Visuadl O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS | §. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
2 No Civilian 00 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bi Others nda Ni i i
; aisha 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
1 ~ minutes 2 0 Unknown
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
TN -~ 2 aie SFU Te Toot og len ’ = \
a C wjscts appearing as oright stars, Two jet 2/¢ in area at time,
LOoLO © varied fron white to red, Still for
twe minutes, then moved rapidly,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959468

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Mineral WellsMineral Wells, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-09-01