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Page ID (PID)	MAXW-PBB1-914
Collection	NARA-Maxwell


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Roll Description	Maxwell Blue Book 1
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a              Air "ateriel   >_Tfimand
1.     Since the  ostabais''.Kier.t of the special   irdjecjt  at  -''q A"fi,
-(Project 1RiTDn")>  to investigate and analyze rer^orts on so-called  ''-''Fi''-i.-.^
saucers"1 and unidentified   ''i?ri.-il ^henoncna,  nany reports have '';ier
reG''5"J\cd  through Intel] i "once  oh an ".els  froi.   -.ersonc  .:i^ hr.vc observed
what th^v ensidcred to bo unusual ,,li-?ht  ^heno.^ena.     Forenoct-in tills
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category have boen t  o-^e  .^ipLc''ri ai-e de.^cribvd  ih  "r;reer   fireballs".
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2.    Analysis by various  neciali''-tc has  itidicatnd tu.->t ran" of-the
ircidei"its~ir.voivi:.r li^ht phenomena were urdn; btedly observ^tiors  of
natural ~  ^r.oniena.     Particular att''irtili   v/,--s   j:ven. t~  the ,"grcen  fire-
ball" v.riety b^   rJr.   <Tocenh K-.plan,  mdrr-bGr o." the  \\Z\~?  jci3rtific
Advisory ^oii^''i.     "r.  j-rmlan h?.s  concluded ithst the   "''frrepr:  fireballs"
are natural oheromena.                                                                                ''
?.     ""orres^oridence rojativo to  "r.  J^plsn''s  corclusioi''ic ?r tpe
:iera  ''r;d corr1?.1: nrde^co ''relative t ~> a request  fr^rr tlie    "ec-nd   .
, "nnored ''^ivisi-r ,   "anr> '''',''ood,   Teliae, ,for scieiitiTic  Lrivesti.-jy''tlon of
^5rilar -heno^c-a,   are  forwarde-j for, your ir-fir- tion.
i    U,''   The   "ir ''..''atoriel  7oi^jr.Knd ''ii3 ur J"r f:--*r
zatiors in t!ie  n^"ton area''t''nt  arc  c -jci-ili^t.s   L-''  >^h~?rv::i''^ tcc''i, i
and the irter'' r -t?.tior   of  cel^st|icr.l   "lenorrer.a.     Tt is ii''-ieired thit         ''
thr^se ^r^ini zr tions lv? ''<z- r.zul t-''u  r-jrr-irdin" th-r   " roer  fireball1''
"ilienoMena,     Tf recossary,   consi-jarp.tion r''.?u!!d be  ^V''jn  Lo.t''-is  o-otablish
(i r;tof an obtervatiot al    rr^r?-''1. ''ie^i-nod to <-bt -.ir. cid":t!pral                  ''
tion neco&sar1" to an explanation of t :e  -uiQnor.ena.
5.     '''' ''.oatinr at   ^aiidia in t!ic    ev/ '' 5/ico area  is  sch "idU|!e.i   To
the middle of pctob :-r to  continue Jiscussi^i-.s of the  li-lit n hen omen a.
It is  requested that  reprjrentatijVcs frc~ -".ir  Toroc   leso  rch L bcrjtcriG
Base directorate  for Oeop''iysical I''lesrarch  attend.                              
6.    This :?eadc]uai*ters should be  a  ori.oo..''  of r-ho pro^ross of the''
evaluation -/r.d the  resulte( of the   ''Jaridia ''ir-otin^ a.4  ioon as   lossible.
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