Santa Maria Airport, Azores, September 1954September 1954

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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 Maria Airport, Azores, September 1954 in September 1954. The full case file (5 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 21.

Reported location

Santa Maria Airport, Azores, September 1954

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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A 4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD ds :
{1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LocATION : OER
{ 21 September 1954 ;
BC 23), § Santa Maria Airport, Azores
: 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
; |

© 7] civilian UNIDENTIFIED (Seen Land eo | |
"4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS hie
iy ~ ]5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS i
E #2 = 3 Minutes Civilian guard at airport rpbs cigar shaped cbj landed,
Light metallic blue. 10% in length, 5! in height. Huwming
i © }6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION noise, No landing gear. Four poles. Orange light in noss
EB | ay of obj. fPY#A A blond-haired man, 5'10" in height got out
i ‘ Ground Visual 2 ON ; pe i Ry :
rE of obj and approached observer, ‘Attempts to conversed
4 "|7. COURSE failed,
_ [s. PHOTOS
a O Yes

: 1 EE No |
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

: O Yes

; XX No ERs

EE FORM

; : FTD sep s3 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may bs used, :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959629

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Santa Maria Airport

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-09-01