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Case FileNARA NAID 28972645 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

3 Mi W of Canadian, TexasNovember 1957

Unidentified

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 W of Canadian, Texas in November 1957. 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 29.

Reported location

3 Mi W of Canadian, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE. : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: : 4% ; [3 Wes Balloon :
2 November 19357 So Mi W of Canadian, Texas 0 Probably hi |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon |
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5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BX Oth e
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
3 0 Unknown
J minutes one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Submarine shaped object, two or three Considered unreliable s i ab
times the length of an automobile, and PERT ITN NRE. MEE CO
approx 8 ft high at highz2st point, Red
| and white, Appeared to be a white flag
extending from the top of the object,
] or being held by a figure standing by
tne object. A flash of light extinguisied
| observer's headlights when he stopped
his auto to investigate the sighting.
When he changed his mind and went on :
: his lights came back on,
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