12 Mi NE Of Austin, TexasMay 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 12 Mi NE Of Austin, Texas in May 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

12 Mi NE Of Austin, Texas

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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5 PROJECT 16073 RECORD CARD

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¢ 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS

{ 0 Wes Balloon

i pts no 01 Probably Balloon

3 eS Ree a iN OLs ASR Assam a <sibly Balla

§ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP [+ TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Possidly Balloon

i s lo Was Aircraft

£ Local RTE 0 Ground-VYisu al 0 Ground-Radar lo SS Th Sul: River af?

g OTT, ol +34 il gO Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

Id CE PHOTOS: TERT BEE 16. SOURCE lo Was Astronomical

E 0 Yes O Probably Astronomi cal |
3 ERT ‘ SEE 0 Possibly Astronomical

I CB a Le ee Te COURSE

| 7. LENGTH OF C33ERVATION ¢. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE oO Other — ————
E: ; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: ; 0 Unknown

i Ea a as $2 Sess So dL es Boo be 1)
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS
E | Se Se Re 6] a i Ot
i ATIC YORM 229 (REV 25 2p 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983238

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Places

12 Mi NE Of Austin, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-05-01