This incident is Case 28 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 69 of the books covered by that article.
This was Project Blue Book Case Number 4955.
Web Resources
For links to various relevant documents and articles online see: http://www.nicap.org/ubatubadir.htm
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case829.htm
This incident is discussed on the AboveTopSecret.com (“ATS”) internet discussion forums in Thread 4875.
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Book References
The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.
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For discussion of the Ubatuba incident see the following:
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Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 241-242 (in an entry entitled “ |
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Barry, Bill in his “Ultimate Encounter” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 186 (in Chapter 15) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Binder, Otto in his “What we really know about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 149 (in Chapter 13) of the Fawcett paperback edition. |
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Canadeo, Anne in her “UFO’s: The Fact or Fiction File” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 50-51 (in Chapter 4 of the pro-UFO side of the book, i.e. the side which starts with the Chapter 1 entitled “Visitors at Cisco Grove”) of the Walker hardback edition. |
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Canadeo, Anne in her “UFO’s: The Fact or Fiction File” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 45-46 (in Chapter 4 of the anti-UFO side of the book, i.e. the side which starts with the Chapter 1 entitled “Some Important Questions About Visitors From ‘Planet Z’”) of the Walker hardback edition. |
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Cassirer, Manfred in his “Parapsychology and the UFO” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in Chapter 1) of the Cassirer softcover edition. |
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Chalker, Bill in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 183 (in Chapter 3.4.1, entitled “Physical Traces”) of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 331-333 (in an entry entitled “Ubatuba Residue”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at pages 909-911 (in an entry entitled “Ubatuba Episode”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Condon Report (“Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects”, Edward U Condon (Director) and Daniel S Gillmor (Editor) (1969)) as Case 4 at pages 54-55 (in Section 2 “Summary of the Study”, by Edward U Condon), 138-143 (in Section 3, Chapter 3 “Direct Physical Evidence”, by Roy Craig), 391-396 of the uncorrected version submitted to the Air Force (with the same page numbering in the 3 volume paperbound edition distributed by the National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce) at pages 39, 94-97, 257-260 of the Vision hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Bantam paperback edition). The first of these editions has the same page numbering as the edition available free online at the following links: |
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Craig, Roy in his “UFOs – An Insider’s View” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 105-113 (in Chapter 8), 208-209 (in Chapter 12), 231-232 (in Chapter 14) of the UNT softback edition. |
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Dash, Mike in his “Borderlands” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 347 (in Chapter 9) of the Arrow paperback edition. |
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Davenport, Marc in his “Visitors from Time” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 169 (in Chapter 12) of the 1994 revised Greenleaf softcover edition. |
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Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 27 (in Chapter 1) of the |
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Discussed on pages 83-85 of a research paper entitled “Should The Air Force Reopen Project Blue Book?” submitted to the Air and Staff College of the Air (Force) University in May 1974 by Brummett, William E (Major, USAF) and Zuick, Ernest R (Captain) on 17th May 1974. Available online at http://www.cufon.org/cufon/afrstdy1.htm |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 43-44 (in Chapter 4) of the Bantam paperback edition, at pages 50-51 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition. |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 145 (in Chapter 8) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Erskine, Allen Louis in his “Why Are They Watching Us?” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 103 (in Chapter 12) of the Tower paperback edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in his “The Evidence for UFOs” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 55 (in Chapter 3) of the Aquarian softcover edition. |
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Fontes, Olavo T in Coral E Lorenzen’s “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 89-132 (in Chapter 9), 176-178, 179 (in Chapter 12) of the APRO hardback edition. |
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Fowler, Raymond E in his “Casebook of a UFO Investigator” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 196 (in Chapter 17) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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Fowler, Raymond E in his “UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 46-47 (in Chapter 5) of the Exposition Banner hardback edition, at pages 45-46 of the Bantam paperback edition. |
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Friedlander, Michael W in his “At the Fringes of Science” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 105 (in Chapter 8) of the Westview hardback edition. |
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Gross, Loren E in his “The Mystery of the Ghost Rockets” (1974) at pages 35-36 of the privately printed paperback edition. |
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Gurney, Gene (USAF Lt Col) and Clare Gurney in their “Unidentified Flying Objects” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 123-124 (in Chapter 9) of the Abelard-Schuman hardback edition. |
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 246-247 (in Chapter 6) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Harder, James in his prepared statement to the Roush Hearing (the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Astronautics "Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects" on 1968.0729) at pages 124-125 of the transcript of the Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, Number 7. Complete transcript available free online at the following links: |
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Harder, James in the Roush Hearing (the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Astronautics "Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects" on 1968.0729) at pages 119-121, 192-193 of the transcript of the Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, Number 7. Edited and annotated transcript presented by Fuller, John in his “Aliens in the Skies” (1969), with the relevant extract appearing at pages 141-143 (in Chapter 5), 172-173 (in Chapter 7) of the Putnam hardback edition. Complete transcript available free online at the following links: |
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Hartmann, William K in “UFO's: A Scientific Debate” (1972) (edited by Carl Sagan and Thornton Page) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 13 (in Chapter 2) of the Barnes and Noble hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Norton paperback edition. |
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Hill, Paul R in his “Unconventional Flying Objects : A Scientific Analysis” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 211-212 (in Chapter 14), 226-234 (in Chapter 16), 332-333 (in Chapter 20) of the Hampton Roads softcover edition. |
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Hynek, J Allen and Vallee, Jacques in their “The Edge of Reality” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 67-68 (in Chapter 3) of the Henry Regnery hardback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 175 (in Chapter 9) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Abacus softcover edition). |
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Kettelkamp, Larry in his “Investigating UFOs” (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36-39 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sightings and Cases”) of the Target softcover edition. |
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Little, Gregory in his “Grand Illusions” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 24-27 (in Chapter 2) of the White Buffalo softcover edition. |
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Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in their “UFOs: The Whole Story” (1969) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 87 (in Chapter 2), 212-216 (in Chapter 10), 271 (in Chapter 12) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Lorenzen, Coral E in her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132-135 (in Chapter 9) of the APRO hardback edition. |
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Lorenzen, Coral in “Flying Saucers : the Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space” (1966) (an enlarged version of her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 104-145 (Chapter 9 generally) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Menzel, Donald and Boyd, Lyle in their “The World of Flying Saucers” (1963) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 235-236 (Chapter XI) of the Doubleday hardback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 224 (in Chapter 13) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Phillips, Ted in his “Physical Traces associated with UFO Sightings” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in Part C) of the CUFOS paperbound edition. |
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Randle, Kevin D and Schmitt, Donald R in their “UFO Crash at Roswell“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 252-254 (in Appendix B) of the Avon paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin D in his “A history of UFO crashes” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 69-78 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “September 14, 1957: |
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Randle, Kevin D in his “Scientific Ufology” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132-133 (in Chapter 5), 215-216 (in Chapter 8) of the |
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Randle, Kevin D in his “The UFO Casebook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 95-97 (entry entitled “September 12, 1957: |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Aliens” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 123-124 (in Part 5) of the Hale hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Reality” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 157-160 (in Chapter 11) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Retrievals” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-77 (in Chapter 4) of the Blandford softback edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 329-330 (in an entry entitled “Ubatuba, Brazil”) and included in a list entitled “Chronological list of UFO sightings” at page viii of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Saunders, David R and Harkins, R Roger, with lengthy extracts, in their “UFOs? Yes!” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 170-174 (Chapter 17 generally) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Schellhorn, G Cope in his “Extraterrestrials in Biblical Prophecy” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 360 (in Chapter 17) of the Horus softcover edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “The UFO Verdict” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25-26 (in Chapter 4) of the Prometheus softback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 47-48 (in Chapter 4) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Sladek, John in his “The New Apocrypha” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44-45 (in Chapter 3) of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Smith, Marcia S in her “The UFO Enigma: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, UG 633, 76-52 SP” (1976) at pages 88-89 (in Chapter 5) of the Congressional Research Service stapled edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 301 (in an entry entitled “Ubatuba, Brazil”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at page 355 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “UFOs: The Definitive Casebook” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 180-181 (in the unnumbered section entitled “ |
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Sprinkle, R Leo in “Encounters with UFO Occupants” (1976) by Coral and Jim Lorenzen at page 330 (in Chapter 16) of the |
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Stanton, L Jerome in his “Flying Saucers : Hoax or Reality?” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 136 (in Chapter 8) of the |
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Steinman, William and Stevens, Wendelle in their “UFO Crash at Aztec” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 179-180, 260-261, 262 of the Wendelle Stevens hardback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in his “UFOs and the Limits of Science” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 90-96 (Chapter 3) of the NEL Hardback edition. |
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Sturrock, Peter in his “The UFO Enigma“ (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 34-36 (in Chapter 3, section entitled “Miscellaneous Evidence”) of the Warner Aspect hardback edition. The relevant chapter is based on Peter Sturrock’s article “An Analysis of the Condon Report on the Colorado UFO Project” Journal of Scientific Exploration 1, pages 75-100, which is available online at: http://tinyurl.com/y99j299 |
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Vallee, Jacques in his “Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact“ (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 42-44 (in Chapter 2) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. |
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Vallee, Jacques in his “Passport to Magonia” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 258 (in the Appendix entitled “A Century of UFO Landings (1868-1968)”) of the Regnery hardback edition, with the relevant Appendix omitted from the Tandem paperback edition. |
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Vallee, Jacques in Peter Sturrock’s “The UFO Enigma“ (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 239 (in Chapter 27, Case No. 1) of the Warner Aspect hardback edition. The relevant chapter is based on the following article: Jacques Vallee “Physical Analysis of Ten Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Material Samples” Journal of Scientific Exploration (1998) 12 at pages 359-375 and is available online at: |
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Verga, Maurizio in “Phenomenon“ (1988) (edited by John Spencer and Hilary Evans) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 203 (in Part |
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Von Buttlar, Johannes in his “The UFO Phenomenon” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 190 (in unnumbered final chapter entitled “High-Level Attitudes”) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Walker, Walter W in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 374-375 (in an entry entitled “Ubatuba (Brazil) magnesium”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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Wilson, Colin in his “Alien Dawn” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 87-88, 98 (in Chapter 3) of the Virgin softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Virgin paperback edition). |
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Wood, Ryan in his “MAJIC Eyes Only” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 121-122 of the Wood Enterprises hardback edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 193-194 (in Chapter 10) of the |
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Zarkon in his “The Zarkon Principle” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 59 (in Chapter 8) of the Everest paperback edition. |
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Other Material
Listed as Project Blue Book Case Number 4955 on the redacted US National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book, released to the National Archives in 1975 – see National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 1. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB1-171 (page 171 of 1014) at the link below.
Listed (without a Project Blue Book Case Number) on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base (“Maxwell”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book – see Maxwell microfilm roll number 30,363. An image of the relevant index page has been given the unique Page ID (“PID”) of MAXW-PBB2-406 (page 406 of 1352) at the link below.
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