20 mi SE Kassel, Germany, October 1957October 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 20 mi SE Kassel, Germany, October 1957 in October 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 29.

Reported location

20 mi SE Kassel, Germany, October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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‘ i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i OO Was Balloon
26 ctober 1957 20 mi SE Kassel y Germany O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION VOIR Ween |
9 O Wes Aircraft
kn era ’" o rs  — O Probably Aircraft
GM 26/17037 0 AirVisval O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aireroft
S. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical Meteor |.
O Yes O< Probably Astronomical Bc]
O:Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BI aii §
(a) 4 iil Date for Evaluation
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8-10 seconds one SE :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, appearance of large staf, Very limited 4th band informa-
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972464

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-10-01