Rapid City AFB, Weaver, S.D., August 1947 - Incident Number: 135August 1947

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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 Rapid City AFB, Weaver, S.D., August 1947 - Incident Number: 135 in August 1947. 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 2.

Reported location

Rapid City AFB, Weaver, S.D., August 1947 - Incident Number: 135

Date of incident

August 1947

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28929892

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Rapid City AFB, Weaver

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1947 1947-08-01