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Case FileNARA NAID 28952695 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

Patrick AFB, FloridaJanuary 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 Patrick AFB, Florida in January 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

Patrick AFB, Florida

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
] K DATE « TIME CROUP : 2. Le "TION (
1 22 Jan 53 2/2L,00Z Patrick AF3, Florida |
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 3
1 IA Ad ron INST FREIOI ANT DATA FOR, EVAL JAY ON

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS HHI SNE i / : :

Insufficient Datz, Possable 2/c, Possoble error in duration
One: wi th ieteor evaluation, g
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEFP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

4 3 lin, Fiery ball red to orange in color traveled at a hish speed

3 5 TYPE OF OBSERVATION disappazaring into the sky, &

1 + Cround Visual
F 7. COURSE

South :

9. PHOTOS

| 0 Yes

3 %X No

3 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

[1 Yos :

. X No

FORM

3 FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous oditions of this form tany be used,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952695

Connected across the archive

Installations

Patrick Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaPatrick AFBPatrick AFB, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-01-01

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