16.00N 76.5W, July 1958July 1958

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 16.00N 76.5W, July 1958 in July 1958. The full case file (4 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 33.

Reported location

16.00N 76.5W, July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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g : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ‘
i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
& O Wes Balloon
4 17 Jul 58 16, OON 76.5% O Probably Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TROY. Senn |
i 0 Was Aircrof
ES —— XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
¥ oMT__17/09102 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i S. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical
; O Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
AGERE. IRCCS, BR. LA LL RO Ra. (g)
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOE ——— |
4 TX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
” : v O Unknown
8 mins one | varied NE
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Obj obsvd heading East fm 34dgr azimut
. r or < vr ‘ / ~ 4
i At 49dgr azimuth 08dgr elev obj turned don dir tg rd bd B® Ehgut
| : : however, the etidence does not
: to NE by E disappeared after eight min give sufficient data for confir: |
; obsvation, on heading of 54dgr azimuthj : : : Ht vib 98
tion of this analysis. Case lisfe«
Shape undetermined, obj was surrounded] , sufficient data.
by white haze, no sound, & there were Sb
three white lights eminating fm main
body et leasé 8 dgrs in length, These
rays were trailing. Did not resemble :
jet a/c exhaust,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S52)
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£ Na RRS 50S 5 it 5 5 30 5 |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978970

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-07-01