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Case FileNARA NAID 28941693 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTONMay 1952

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 MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON in May 1952. 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

MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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\. LATE 40 7 LOR CHEE, CASI rin) CONCLUSIONS | |
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dee me ee eee [Possibly Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIMI CRCUP 4. TYPE OF OBSLRVATION |
Leela. 05% FT — round: Vi sual O Ground-Rodor B Pochabty Mavereld
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| AY ons Nu _ G Air-Visuol O Air-Intercept Rador E Possibly Aircraft
' 5. PHOTOS is / ER lo J Ey SOURCE TY: : 0 Was Astronomical
H * Yes l - ise O Probobly Astronomical!
! Xe. No | AC caployees 0 Possibly Astronomical
Eu Oars wil STITT. nul tht: this soci Las eesti A Agia st oro SE Scns fit mboil
7. LENGTH OF CASERVATION ‘6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE TI ios ni piiiniinis
1 : 0 Insufficient Data tor Evoluation
1 -; mlnutes | 1 [2X Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING pe COMMENTS st
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Silver color. Straight and level. amy = 1:
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