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Case FileNARA NAID 28959591 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Montgomery, AlabamaSeptember 1954

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 Montgomery, Alabama in September 1954. 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 21.

Reported location

Montgomery, Alabama

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

AL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
QL Ca pia "1a VEE ARI w f
1% September 1954 Mont zomery, Alabama a Probably Balloon |
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BERS ARal (Son
£50) = 3 O Was Aircraft
Local Sa ff Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Accra
GMT SESE 0 Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oa (o) 1] ER a re
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 hr plus 1 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Round, star like, silver with halo. Random Advertising balloons released same
motion, date in area,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) J
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959591

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

AlabamaMontgomeryMontgomery, AL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-09-01

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