DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6309830
DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1952
REPORTED LOCATIONTRAVISAFB CALIF
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DATE: 4 Jan 5?
TIlE (Local): 0500
LOCATION: Travis AFB, Golif.
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The Following revort is submitted as the result of an interview with Pfe.
Lilvth Ar: mae ant. Slectronics Scuacron, 5th
Stratezic Reconnaissence Wins, Heavy, Travis sir Force fase, Cnlifornia, en §
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what = o.0e an undentified flying object. The weather during the time
‘of sighting was very dark gut Clenr,.the moon wes not visible however a high,
“broken, overcast: was: observed over the area. wos alone at the time and
‘there were no neardy witnesses: seen in the vicinity. He was walkine east on
Travis avenue in front of the Wherry Housins Area when he sighted the unidentified
ooject heaving on a reletive bearing eporoximately forty-five (45) degrees to the
Left acout one-quarter (1) mile distance at an ectinnted eltitude of thres .
rundred (300) feet. The unidentified sishtings as xeeread to be coins forvard and
downiwarct =<% an extremel: “i-hA rate of sneed caesccrlded as veiling comearasle to tkrt |
of a jet type alrcraft cosins down from out of the clouds. — the unicenti- ;
sisd od ject anoeared to be a tear dreo shaped ennariticn very aright sreen in colser
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Smith to descend about fifty (50) feet in altitude from tre init al sighting positior.
There was no sound hearé or crash observed Curing the sixkting time. The observer
statec he is familiar with the ape eres of Meteors and shooting stars and thet
the unidentified object he sisted had no resenslance ts-aither co? the foreeoine.
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EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201
DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY LINDHGIMER ASTRONO. Wn. Kooi) ACH CENTER
4 June 1968
FTD (TDETR)
Research and Aerial Phenomena Division
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio 45433
Attn: TDPT (UFO)
Subj: UFO Investigation
To: Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr.
Reference: I. Your letter 22 May 19658, subject, UFO Javes! «tions,
I have the following comments on all the cais+s you have
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1. 7 January 1952, Palmer, Alaska.
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I have rated this case 23 C7, meaning that as far as siiinjom
ness was concerned, the stimulus giving rise to this report couid
have been something quite ordinary or it could have fallen into the
category of "cigar-shaped Ufos" reported from many countrics and
which have no ready explanation. In this instance, there is not
sufficient information to go on. The report we have states,
"Alaska Air Command informed and will take further investigative
action," and, “additional data will be forwarded when availavie".
To tie best of my knowledge the further data were never transmitted,
This plus the fact that it was reported by one woman out of 4 or 5
(not 45 as the original report stated) and the fact that ‘© wos
observed at the time of the setting sun, leads me to think (int
the sighting might have had a meteorlogical origin. Thus, " ossibly
meteorological, but data insufficient for firm evaluation” 1s my
recommendation for this classification.
2. 14 April 1952, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
I originally asked to review this case in the hopes that un-
known to me some additional followup had been made. I found that
despite the fact that a captain of commercial airliner and others
adld