DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6997230
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1952
REPORTED LOCATIONLIMA PERU
FRAMES1
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FRAME 001 / 001paddle-gpu-200dpi
PROJECT 10073 REC CARD
LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1. CATE
5 Aug 52 LMA, PERU Was Balloon
00 Probably Baiicen
1 Possibly Balloon
3.1 DATE-TIMEGROUP TYPE OF ORSERVATION i
Cround-Rader Was Aurerot
Locai 05/0513 EST a Ground-Visual Pruoably Aircraft
05/1013 7 Passibi Aircraf
CMY xAinVisal Air-intercopr Radar
PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was àstronomical
3. a Prebably Astrenamical
Yes a Passibly Astmnomical
XOXNO Commercial Pilot
3. NLMBER OF OBUECTS  9. COURSE 7
7. LENCTN OF OBSERVATION o Insufticient Dare for Evaiuanon
Unk nown
15 - 20 Sec 3 1
Y
10. BRIEF SUMUARY OF SIGHTINO 11. COMNENTS
A formation of three "flying dises" 1. Source is Presna" a newspaper
maneuvered d at high speed around a Dc-3 A/C publication.
at 3000'. Objects wore c
crew members.
Civilian man had seen a object
over Lima the previous dav.
Public-domain United States government records (USAF Project Blue Book, NARA microfilm publication T-1206). Machine transcription from microfilm scans — typewritten bodies read well; stamps, marginalia and handwriting imperfectly. Pages marked poor legibility await re-examination. Source scans are linked unaltered on every case file.