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Case FileNARA NAID 28941683 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Topeka, KansasApril 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 Topeka, Kansas in April 1952. The full case file (4 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 9.

Reported location

Topeka, Kansas

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
* 11. DATE ; ( 2. LOCATION (© |12. CONCLUSIONS
29 Apmilllosz, Topeka, Kansas : OD Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
DRE a and hor ee co BS b-SA eo et A ret B+ Bn 8B 0 A 28 Be A Rs SS A tins 2 ®) i
3. DATE-TIME GROUF 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local aes AE 2000 pST. fi & Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador ~ Probably Aircraf
BMT.) LT 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS F 6. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
: es > ma 0 Probobly Astronomical js
a No 67 goo old woman 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gog OO TERA MECRI IE
2 30 sessile ; 1 B rabid Data for Evaluation
y »E NK No wn
El CA
: Pink color. Oval shape. Maneuvers straight roken clouds at 10,000'. No =/c
se se. Ts BL ~
Reporting officer states that drive=in :
aters in arca have searchlights. / Broken :
ouds could reflect beam. : :
En . ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 8EP 52) a : ) Se
F 3 :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941683

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

KansasTopekaTopeka, KS

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-04-01

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