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Case FileNARA NAID 28957136 · T1206 Roll 20

Project Blue Book Case File

ORWIGSBURG, PADecember 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 ORWIGSBURG, PA in December 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 20.

Reported location

ORWIGSBURG, PA

Date of incident

December 1953

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
eb ber 1 hl RT fA CA RMTREGE i ob , oe haiti : N/M 3 Ah £0 5 SMI hr : PrT—— ;
I. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION TE |
. | 27 pec 53 28/0200z ORWIGSBURG, PA |
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION ASTRONOMICAL: JUPITER |
| cIvirzaNn Jupiter high in SE. Would have the eppearance of moving toward | |
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS the South. Case evaluated as a plenet Jupiter observation.
: Details of report are vague however, the characteristics of
one a star/planet observation are preser
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1 hour
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Obj swinging like a pendulum, blue to white to orange color.
7. COURSE
stationary ‘
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
O Yes
0 Ne
FORM i
FTD ser 63 0-329 (TDE) provieus cliiions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957136

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