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Case FileNARA NAID 28952766 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

Pinewood, South CarolinaJanuary 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 Pinewood, South Carolina in January 1953. The full case file (5 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

Pinewood, South Carolina

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

SC / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 8 + LOCATION RH PT i 4 :
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25 Jan 89 RIYAN 207. Pinoiioad Yeni rh. v3] 3»
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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1], BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
17 lin. Round white object with internditbent trail of orange and red
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was 1 irs observ A novering at 250" for 5 min, then traveled
( mdles In a parcllel course abt a hih sv@ed & hovered
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