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Case FileNARA NAID 28986377 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Salem, ArkansasApril 1960

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 Salem, Arkansas in April 1960. 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 38.

Reported location

Salem, Arkansas

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

AR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE : 2. LOCATION | [Te CONCLUSIONS
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2. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ims labeled
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0 ARR RT a Ome i MIR Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radaor 0 Probably Aircraft
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OIE sic Sut 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intarcept Roday |B Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS 4 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
. OVYes Phys ical 0 Probably Astronomical
MXNo Specimen Civilian Te Rei bly Runont) eal |
7. LENGTH OF. O3532VATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 11K Other. CRaff == |
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
ER : 0 Unknown
not reported multiple on groundg
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Letter reporting pressnce of metal Strips of foil were chaff, used
strips found on ground. Enclosed in Radar jamming.
sample for analysis,
ATIC FORM 229 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986377

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