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Case FileNARA NAID 28976149 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

3 Mi N of Albany, OregonDecember 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 3 Mi N of Albany, Oregon in December 1957. The full case file (6 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 31.

Reported location

3 Mi N of Albany, Oregon

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

OR / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Hi i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD fimo
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Was Balloon !
14 December 1957 3 Mi N of Alban Oregon O Probably Balloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION EF Rosminy Belieon |
[LC a RN ES Ri) Pe O Ground-Radar 2 Probably Aircraft |
‘eMT 14/1359Z2 0000000 D Rigas ars O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SO [3 3 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
AXNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 2g 0] 7 1 RANE Pe JER
XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation iF
O Unknown
2 hrs 28 mins one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Red hazy, round object, brightening the Intercept was requested, Pilot
dimming. Brighter on one side. Two scouted area - nothing there
bars 25 ft below object resembling wing except bright full moon on \
~ | span, horizon, Possible marage. Insuf-
3 ficient data for analysis,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) { “th
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976149

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