33.50 N 130.45 W Pacific, April 1958April 1958

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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 33.50 N 130.45 W Pacific, April 1958 in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

33.50 N 130.45 W Pacific, April 1958

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

SE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE [2. LOCATION [12. CONCLUSIONS
| © Was Balloon
ARAN er (IH alt [EBB ONL Onnd HW Dai ic [@ Probably Balloon
ee ce ee a aersara os oremsam c t  t  l: tee  eem eA ee ————l 0 Possib B a
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF GASERYATION Possibly Balloon
[ A " Vi : i 00 Was Aircraft
yr LR Se a ESE Shh: | 0 Ground-Yisual 0 Ground-Redar 0 Probably Aircraft
ry YOY H aa: Bl H
i GMT__2 AY )o03Z. Ei oa 1 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar [= Possibly Aircroft
i 5. PHOTOS fe SOURCE 7 1 Wes Astronomical
i 0 Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
i lg 5 Rm TR 0 Possibly Astronomical
| 2 Ne | 6 C1 1 Bn fs v5 eas
i" 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [6 NUMBER OF OBJECTS [ 9. COURSE oo] [1 jo pW SRE
; | 0 Insufficient Data for Evaeluation
; 1 sige Ce ! pid West 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Obj of bright orange-red nall which Description & characteristics
1 fanned out similar to jet afterburner; are suggest ive of a jet/a/c
though was traveling stra icht & level] w/afterburner in ovaeratin,
in same directbn as a/c. Became smallpr
and disappeared.
; =.
4 ATIC FORM 329 {REV 25 SEP §2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978048

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-04-01