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Case FileNARA NAID 28935174 · T1206 Roll 5

Project Blue Book Case File

Sacramento, CaliforniaMay 1949

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 Sacramento, California in May 1949. 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 5.

Reported location

Sacramento, California

Date of incident

May 1949

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 5

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
1 7 |
EE PROJECT 10073 RECORD
|). DATE - TIME GROUP 2. ' ATION
J 31 May 1949 31/1150(L Sacramento, California
~ |3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
"| Civilian XK Other (BIRDS) |
~ 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |
- 16 ol |
~ [5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION (11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS |
i Not Reported 16 objects flying in formation, disappearing and reappearing
4 - three different times. Objects same color as the clouds,
1 luda cin Observer stated that there were white cranes in that area but
: Ground=Visual didn't know of them to fly in formation.
~ |7. course -
4 NE :
* le. PHOTOS |
1 O Yes |
= 1 XINe
19. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE :
4 : [
4 O Yes 4 y
E XH No |
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9 PaaS FTD sep «3 0-329 ; (TDE) Previous editions of this form mey be used, se :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28935174

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaSacramentoSacramento, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19491949-05-01

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