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Case FileNARA NAID 28939335 · T1206 Roll 8

Project Blue Book Case File

Selfridge AFB, Mich, July 1951July 1951

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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 Selfridge AFB, Mich, July 1951 in July 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Selfridge AFB, Mich, July 1951

Date of incident

July 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
0D Woes Balloon
30 July 1951 Selfridge AFB, Mich 0 Probably Ea
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tg TNNY SEA
Loco! Bet 111427 & 11322 0 Ground- Visual X Ground-Radar e Poobobiy Aiverelt
CBT ARNE Ta 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft ‘
5. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
IT No Radar Observers O Possibly Astronomical Pagatibn
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |8 Orher__Anomalous Pro/
0 RRA Dota for Evaluation
18 minutes 1 rm.
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Speed of the blip varied from an estimated Evaluated as Anomalous Propagation.
3,000 to estimated 28,000 mi per houd .
High scatter clouds. Observatories rept
no observed meteors or similar activity at
| the time. Technical representatives conclud
that a certain set of electronic and atmo-
| sheric conditions probably caused sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
£2
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939335

Connected across the archive

Installations

Selfridge Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Selfridge AFB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19511951-07-01

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