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Case FileNARA NAID 28941342 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Santa Cruz, Calif., April 1952April 1952

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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 Cruz, Calif., April 1952 in April 1952. The full case file (6 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 9.

Reported location

Santa Cruz, Calif., April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
; vic PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE ; ~~ 12. LOCATION Ea 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 15 52 ( O Was Balloon
gy - ARE. . | : ——— dent Calif. w] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : U Ponitly Bellen
Local... 1940 PST (XGround- Vi sua! O Ground-Redar 0 Wes Aircraft
: re 0 Probably Aircroft
. GMT... 0390 [6 Q bY Of" 9] Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5, PHOTOS dd 6. SOURCE : 0 Was Astronomical
es : 00 Probobly Astronomical )
: 22 No male civilien O Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a
¢ ; 5 a] < emra Data for Evaluation
-8 seconds : - N—
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ia
.] Circular. Straight and level maneuvers. | Objects were same aa 2" at 50°,
gl Source appears to be very reliable.
' ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : : STR : : <
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941342

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Santa Cruz

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-04-01

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