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Case FileNARA NAID 28934788 · T1206 Roll 5

Project Blue Book Case File

Westfield, IndianaMay 1949

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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 Westfield, Indiana in May 1949. 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 5.

Reported location

Westfield, Indiana

Date of incident

May 1949

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 5

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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. PROJECT-10073 RECORD |
“| 1. DATE - TIME GROUP % LOCATION ” |
| 12 May 49 12/2300Z | we st sicid, Indiana
1B SOURCE 110. CONCLUSION
*. Civilian AIRCRAFT
14. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
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