2 Mi E of Rockford, MichiganJuly 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 2 Mi E of Rockford, Michigan in July 1957. 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 28.

Reported location

2 Mi E of Rockford, Michigan

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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2 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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

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| ; Possi brit
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| 5. PHOTOS i 8. SCURCE . io Was Astronomical
{ 3 Yes | {0 Probably Astronomical {
| a No | © i sssibly Astronomical |

Al DORE SNS et en HAE EE EU NS Sh cot fn hein A AER AANA CD A CHC Uae yw |
17. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF O8JECTS | 9. COURSE I8x0ther__Jiirora Borvraszllis
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| | oy A . | 0 Unknown |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970868

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

2 Mi E of Rockford 2 Mi E of Rockford, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-07-01