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Case FileNARA NAID 28962111 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Mojave, CaliforniaMay 1955

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 Mojave, California in May 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Mojave, California

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

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 |
3 0 de 4 |
BRL Ras Mnsave, Galllarnia. [2 [reuddly Dalen |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION cl esis
j Local Te XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar & Probably Alrcraft
{ ghrlByoaidoew 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D{Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronamical
4 O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical 3
Gk No Civilim O Possibly Astronomicol
| "7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FEL mR See
: 0 Insufficient Dora for Evaluation
A 0 Unknown
i approx 1¢ minutes nine _ level circle :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
] Nine round, red, objects, approxi- Due to the delay in receiving
: mately the size of grapefruits were preliminary rpt and the improba-
: observed for approx 10 minutes bility of further investigation
: wger Mojave, California, Interference uncovering anymore significant
: caused TV set to lose voice and information, no investigation
1 picture, Six of objects faded out, authorized by this organization,
: one flared, and the remaining two Possibly aircraft lights,
disappeared.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962111

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaMojaveMojave, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-05-01

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