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Case FileNARA NAID 28942009 · T1206 Roll 10

Project Blue Book Case File

San Diego, CaliforniaMay 1952

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 San Diego, California in May 1952. 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 10.

Reported location

San Diego, California

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 10

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| I. TATE ( ia LOCATION ( 12. CONCLUSIONS ‘ : -
: 2 May oo San Diego, California 0 Wos Bolloon
| Sa e—— on SRT pile Fin 15 Probably Balloon
Fo 1 3 DATE Tine cROUP | + TYPE OF OBSERVATION Se smone ia: Bo oie ase
2 RX 9 0 Wos Aircraft |
SH A 5 W Ground Visual 0 Ground-Rador OQ "Probobly Aircraft
WR Ae 0300 _¢ H 0 Air Visual! DO Air-Intercept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS | v 8. SOURCE nn mg cote
Ti Yes ODO Probobly Astronomical “
’ Xo Civilian Couple iO Possibly Astronomical 1
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Ower. METHOR |
: y we O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
’ 1 E O Unknown i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i | COMMENTS re
Blue, with green and orange light. 50' Long - 20' diameter. :
: Tubular shaped. 200-300 MPH. Soundless.
Observer member of "Flying Seucer
: Sighting Club" :
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28942009

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