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Case FileNARA NAID 29000873 · T1206 Roll 48

Project Blue Book Case File

Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMay 1963

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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1963. The full case file (6 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 48.

Reported location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

PA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD -
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
[0] oa Dalloen:
: 28 May 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvanial@ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP re 0 Possibly Balloon
Local cn 208 es XBGround- Vi sual Oo Ground-Radar a Was Aircraft :
29/0105Z a Probably Aircroft
GMT EOE dan ae O Air Visual a7 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS < CE Te crn E 00 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XFNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
a Ee Ee ee ee pe TUE Capp Rita [eS AEs Se A Sp ER lr I CO roe -
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0X %thes CONtrails
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
not reported one stationary |= Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Pinkish bluish reddish clouds, Irregular Description conforms with
pattern, that normally associated
wilh observation of contrail, \
Source is continually writing the Al :
Force for information on UFO's ami
riducling the handling of this
so-called problemgsesee
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $32) : :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000873

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