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Case FileNARA NAID 28941130 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Pheonix, ArizonaApril 1952

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 Pheonix, Arizona in April 1952. 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 9.

Reported location

Pheonix, Arizona

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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Pheonix to Winslow. No vapor tralls.
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