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Case FileNARA NAID 28941824 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Nashville, TennesseeMay 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 Nashville, Tennessee 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

Nashville, Tennessee

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

TN / 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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CiOCATE i 2. LOCATION 3 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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a ih x 2 0 Was Balloon
} { way 02 : «ii 3 hville len AA lernessee ‘0 Probably Balloon
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A DATETIME CROUF ' 4. TYPE OF CBSERVATION WE Possibly Balloon
; : | "
Local : 1 Sa | “> snd Ni dis al i {0 Was Aircraft :
Lota far i SEEN 330. +) -_ £2: Grovno Visual 0) Ground-Rodur a Probably Aiverafy : |
1 Ge ag BORA. o.oo EY i QO Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar +0 Possibly Aircraft
, 3. PROTOS te SOURCE |o Was Astronomical
, | & Yes« i Civilian ? {0 Probably Astronomical
= to -, |® Possibly Astronemicol
7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION TOR ERE NNT [0 CORE 0000 1D Der]
; A 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluation |
5-8 minttes | 1 | E Unknown |
10. BRICF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING CE SRR Ekibi
Very dark color. Disc shaped. Object moved slowly through
sky in e swinging on arc-like motion.
: Observed on bearing of 30 degreos frou
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south Citylimits of lieshville, Leen.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) i
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941824

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