Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSeptember 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 Santa Barbara, California in September 1952. The full case file (2 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 15.

Reported location

Santa Barbara, California

Date of incident

September 1952

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10373 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 Sep 52

2. LOCATION
Santa Barbara, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2040

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
(checkboxes for Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, A.V-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar)
A.V-Visual checked

5. SOURCE
USAF pilot

6. PHOTOS
(checkboxes for Yes, No)
No checked

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
30 seconds.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
(blank)

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Blue white in color. High speed, flat trajectory.

11. COMMENTS
(blank)

12. CONCLUSIONS
(checkboxes for various conclusions)
Unidentified checked

ATC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28949897

Connected across the archive

Organizations

March AFB USAF

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Craft and vessels

C-54