Roswell, NMSeptember 1950

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 Roswell, NM in September 1950. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 7.

Reported location

Roswell, NM

Date of incident

September 1950

State / country

NM / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

ATTIC NO. _____ DATE OF INFO: 17 Sept 1950
AP NO. _____ LOCATION: Roswell, NM
WFPORT NO. _____ SOURCE: Airman
DATE OF U-RPORT: 20 Sept 1950 DATE IN TO ATIC: ___
TIME OF SIGHTING: 2100 COLOR: Bluish-white
SHAPE: Circular ARMED: [illegible]
SIZE: 10' diameter ALTITUDE: 8000' [illegible]
COURSE: NW LENGTH OF OBSERVED: ___
NO. IN GROUP: 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground
SOUND: ___ MANEUVERS: Made sharp turn to right
PHONED: ___ SKETCHES: ___

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938389