3 Mi N of Mex, N.D., March 1959March 1959

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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 3 Mi N of Mex, N.D., March 1959 in March 1959. The full case file (5 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 35.

Reported location

3 Mi N of Mex, N.D., March 1959

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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io ean PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.
01 Woes Balloon ;
18 ir 59 3 Mi N of Max, Ne Ds 0 Probably Balloon 1
. | Te EE SE reba ienat @  Possinly Sdlleen 1
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
‘a. L ® O Was Aircraft
Loecol EE 0-Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
TNE LTA hE ARR 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 00
O Yes So O Probably Astronomical
B'Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CORE TN ER
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
ge Ghat dg O Unknown
) Seas one orth
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS 5
Rnd, white obj with greenish-blue trail, Description rules cut everyting but
Lb size of golf ball. Trail was spread out a meteor. leteors are not necessarily
hnd somewhat larger than obj. g¢dentical in aprearance,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982499

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-03-01