320 Me E Of Manteo, N.C., November 1959November 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 320 Me E Of Manteo, N.C., November 1959 in November 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 37.

Reported location

320 Me E Of Manteo, N.C., November 1959

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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L | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | | |
i I. DATE § 2 LOCATION A ERR TT ST TR
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! 6 OJ Was Balloon
h 16 Nov 5% 20 Me FE of Mant OI 0 Probably Balloon
) pelo Now BP. Lo 1320 Me BB of Minheo, N. ed vie 1 Possioly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
Local gree Ela ie CI Ground-VYisusl 2 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
3 Ll ET ee — him B 3 y 0 Probably Aircraft |
3 CMT _._L1/ 04407 OLhoz i! oad a ATED; or 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
it rE mere rime WI DSR RA LE IE Sct Sp ra NST SNR er ed ar at rt sf adh nd
H 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE fx Was Astronomical Matao
i { 5 As cal Meteor
g; 0 Yes | Ci Probably Astronomical
; [1 :. 1 Possibly Astronomical |
3 Mu Sm CREATE Kol os de CHASES EM
; 7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othar__ Epo RAR hos hel
i O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
BE 0 Unrknown
No BU mie ie con oop 0c andi i al
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Tear drop shaped, light greenish light, Description & duratidon is typical of
k {size of pea. Had smoky trail. Faded out w/ A flak eoh.
F an added brightness Just before going cut of
i sight.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985392

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-11-01