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Case FileNARA NAID 28953244 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

OKINAWA, February 1953February 1953

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from OKINAWA, February 1953 in February 1953. The full case file (5 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 17.

Reported location

OKINAWA, February 1953

Date of incident

February 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| Il. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATICN 3
[7 Feb 53 T7/12222 OXIMAWA
1 be SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
b \ ASTRONOMICAL: VENUS — V/ Swat
MI TAR ” \ =a D7 2s
LL ? RADAR : TASYy “Taniers,
1 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Comments: Was probably Venus which at this time of year
: at time of SLenting 28 10 deg above the horizon on an az
¢ 270 deg. Mars within close proximity with Venus also.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION (11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
532 15 min Bright orangecolord obj which was observed from F-S4 a/c
EE RESIN: PLANE at a lower alt dizminished in size and color and changed
i {5 TYPE OF OBSERVATION to intermingled red and green color. Ob) mulled away from
| lair vis, Gd Radar | a/c at high speed & disappeared, Obj was observedon (CI
yr | radar scope as being below F-94 a/c.
{7. COURSE |
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k FS RE A WIT NT TRAE LU WETTER INC GPE SURPAT:
1 3. PHOTOS
i 0 Yes
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: {9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
i 0 Yes
3 No
1 FORM
; FTO sep 53 0-329 (TDE) Previous + iitions of this form may be used,
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