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Case FileNARA NAID 28970853 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

2 Mi W of Piedmont, S Dakota, July 1957July 1957

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 2 Mi W of Piedmont, S Dakota, July 1957 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 W of Piedmont, S Dakota, July 1957

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

? / XX

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
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ) 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Vos Balloon
; 7X 11 1957 9-113 yf Piedmont, 5 Dokota|Q Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
5 A O Was Aircraft
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Loca CE ET RT DX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 203132) 0 Air Visudl O Air-Intercept Radar | J Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XE No Militar O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O33ZRVATION “18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE > Ee
3 . CO insufficient Data for Evaluator
- : 0 Unknown
og tl 1tes one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS a ————
smoke, Dia of B-36 v TR il cover-| d 1itio i luding 'sistanc
3 i - “ > m 58 2 Be EEE | = ve oP N
in 20 dzgr o iYc , ‘Bright blue 1 sh | o trail, However annot con je
smoke .trail white shading to gree 159 ymsidered as insuffici
then to pink. Contracted to spherical] data.
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ATIC PORM 32% (REV 26 SEP 52)
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