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Case FileNARA NAID 28941150 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

WALNUT, MISSISSIPPIApril 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 WALNUT, MISSISSIPPI in April 1952. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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

WALNUT, MISSISSIPPI

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

MS / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 Apr 52

2. LOCATION: WALNUT, MISSISSIPPI, Memphis, Tenn.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 0945

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: No

6. SOURCE: civilian woman

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: few seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Blue white w/red top. "Cotton Basket" shape. Straight and level maneuvers.

11. COMMENTS: Other reports of fireball in area.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkmark] Unidentified

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941150

Connected across the archive

People

civilian woman

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Memphis, Tenn.MISSISSIPPIWALNUTWALNUT, MISSISSIPPIWALNUT, MS

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19521952-04-011 Apr 52

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