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Case FileNARA NAID 28951840 · T1206 Roll 16

Project Blue Book Case File

TANANA AFB, ALASKADecember 1952

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from TANANA AFB, ALASKA in December 1952. 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 16.

Reported location

TANANA AFB, ALASKA

Date of incident

December 1952

State / country

AK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 16

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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7. LENGTH GF COSERVATION 16, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE E Other oom ome om » a.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28951840

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