Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas, May 1951May 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 Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas, May 1951 in May 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

Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas, May 1951

Date of incident

May 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

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
L May 51 "Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls Texas|n beebebly Bulleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
EE A SRR X Ground-Visuol O Ground-Radar -- Behe Sons
| our ©5/0230Z 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercopt Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : . 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
CE Ne Milita O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ¥ Other Birds
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
30 seconds Ten to 15 | BE TO NW i —

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Objects believed to be solid with refledted Evaluated as a flock of birds,
light resembling a soft, fluorescent glow,

All traveling in same direction, but moving

independently with the formation, Repel one
| another in much the same fashion, Night

clear and no sound. No known altitude,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939234

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-05-01