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Case FileNARA NAID 28956603 · T1206 Roll 19

Project Blue Book Case File

Palmer, AlaskaOctober 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Palmer, Alaska in October 1953. The full case file (2 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 19.

Reported location

Palmer, Alaska

Date of incident

October 1953

State / country

AK / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
1. DATE-TIME GROUP
15 October 53 15/1902Z

2. LOCATION
Palmer, Alaska

3. SOURCE
Civil Airline

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

7. COURSE
[illegible]

8. PHOTOS
D Yes
X No

9. PHYWS
15 Oct
Yes
No

10. CONCLUSION
UNIDENTIFIED - E.R. FOR EVALUATION

Insufficient report, not important enough to collect additional data.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Sources saw two bright lights in 1st light on mountain, pin away. Object drifted up the river one mile and rose out of sight.

Palmer, Alaska    Insuf Data    5-2
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956603

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