South-Central France, August 1953August 1953

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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 South-Central France, August 1953 in August 1953. 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 19.

Reported location

South-Central France, August 1953

Date of incident

August 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
ry . ao od rey ~~ Ia ~ ry . ak
17 ‘agast 53 17/133¢C South#Centr 1 France
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Jlitory 2ALROSH (VAR)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Cne Deseriptlon fits halloon
S. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
- se aut Bed 114 ard be 4 Pao ¢ * & ° * | : il
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ¥ Hlets hile fpdn; vor Soubhet yanees The pi:
7. COURSE sbdadd Vp ih, aC Den : .
8. PHOTOS
3 Yes
®
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
a vell7 Aug | 8.Cs france | Balloon ? | | 0=9
2 No
FORM
FTD ser 43 0:329 (TDE) previess «= «eo +i nie form may bo wood,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956042

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1953 1953-08-01