W of Bakersfield, Calif., November 1950November 1950

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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 W of Bakersfield, Calif., November 1950 in November 1950. 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 7.

Reported location

W of Bakersfield, Calif., November 1950

Date of incident

November 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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HO. IN GrOUP 1 RAGE YY OF ORCRAVAYTION __ _ Agrial ST
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PIO = ORWICHES cee ___ slow left turn until flight parallel to,
: 78 pC-3. Object then pulled ahead left 30 i
powporary APIC Form 329 and went out of sight.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938707

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

W of Bakersfield

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1950 1950-11-01