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Case FileNARA NAID 28947221 · T1206 Roll 13

Project Blue Book Case File

WASHINGTON D.C., August 1952August 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from WASHINGTON D.C., August 1952 in August 1952. The full case file (2 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 13.

Reported location

WASHINGTON D.C., August 1952

Date of incident

August 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 13

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE: 1 AUG 52

LOCATION: WASHINGTON D.C.

TYPE OF OBSERVATION: 01/0015 EDT, Instrument-Visual, Ground-Radar, 3 a.m. Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1 DESCRIPTION: 1, SW

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 Min

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: Orange-red ball larger than the moon seen by woman over Washington. Object took on a white edge, moved rapidly out of sight.

CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, [illegible]

1. Questionnaire sent out.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28947221

Connected across the archive

People

Civilian woman

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

WASHINGTON D.C.West DC NW

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

01/0015 EDT19521952-08-011 AUG 52

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