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Case FileNARA NAID 28954557 · T1206 Roll 18

Project Blue Book Case File

Ojibwa, WisconsinMay 1953

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 Ojibwa, Wisconsin in May 1953. 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 18.

Reported location

Ojibwa, Wisconsin

Date of incident

May 1953

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one Duration of siting and motion conliching
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
23 inutes One large, oblong sleped black objet broke un into four
s. TYPE OF OBSERVATION rerts which continued on stial ht couse in =n 3 direcilon -
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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