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Case FileNARA NAID 28953302 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

Olean, New YorkFebruary 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 Olean, New York in February 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 17.

Reported location

Olean, New York

Date of incident

February 1953

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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|). DATE - TINE GROUP 2. LOCATION
© {11 Ped 53 11/0540-05473 Olean, New York
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
1 lo data presented to indicate that the obj could not have been
GOC an a/c, however the deg of arc through which obj circled was no
'Y 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS included. Also possible that obj was a balloon if the circles
; ‘eregnall and even an astro body if the circles were confined |!
one 0 a few deg of arc. Insafficien t Data for conclusion
A 5S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1]. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1 ( mins n2 obj) blue white in color, no sound, zircling overhead , |
; 5. T/PE OF OBSERVATION ro other data reported, estimated alt at 6,000 - [,0001t. |
1 ground visual |
7. COURSE
2 circling overhead
1 8. PHOTOS
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4 «J No
h 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes
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3 FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previsus sdivtens of this form may be weed,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28953302

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