Washington, D C, January 1954January 1954

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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 Washington, D C, January 1954 in January 1954. The full case file (3 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 20.

Reported location

Washington, D C, January 1954

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
28 January 1954

2. LOCATION
Washington, D.C

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
29/0010Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
Air-Visual is checked

5. PHOTOS
[checkbox] Yes
XXXXXXXX

6. [illegible] military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 - 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NR

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bluish white light, intensity of star. Straight course over city then turned right, appeared to be climbing, high rate of speed.

11. COMMENTS
Probable a/c sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[checkboxes for various conclusions; "Unknown" is marked]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957409

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Lawrence M Col Stately P LT Col

Organizations

Andrews AFB Joint Chief Staff

Installations

Andrews Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book