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Case FileNARA NAID 28947633 · T1206 Roll 13

Project Blue Book Case File

NORFOLK, VIRGINIAAugust 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 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA in August 1952. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 13.

Reported location

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Date of incident

August 1952

State / country

VA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 13

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 Aug 52

2. LOCATION
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 05/2230 PST
GMT 05/0330 Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
□ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual
□ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
X No

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

7. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Several

8. COURSE
S

9. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
X Other
[illegible] Data in Evaluation
□ Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Several objects, moving at high speed and in a downward course, seen by ODC spotter. Source expressed opinion that phenomena may have been "lights flashing on clouds or possibly tracers."

11. COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28947633

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ODC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

NORFOLKNORFOLK, VANORFOLK, VIRGINIAVIRGINIA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

05/2230 PST19521952-08-015 Aug 52

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