4 Mi N of Bowbells, N.D., December 1957December 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 4 Mi N of Bowbells, N.D., December 1957 in December 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 31.

Reported location

4 Mi N of Bowbells, N.D., December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

| 5 \ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD "
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS | |
0 Wos Balloon
195 4 Mi N of Bowbells, N.D, a Rrononly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sn ReRaaRy Bolean
: 0 Wos Aircraft
(So eR wT NS I RXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probab! $ Aicerats
cMT_07/1350Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |Z Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS « SOUR XIXWas Astronomical Meteor
: O Yes D Probably Astronomical
No Civilian DO Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (00 1 Fe SE EA)
DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown i
4 one E to W
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: [Round object cone shaped in front, size |Meteor sighting.
# lof baseball, silver, long streaks of
§ |fire out of back,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
] hy of | /
1 : Sh ‘
Ne [3
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gr Aha Fe ER RE RR Ty CR rT IRAN fia ; : ¢

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975877

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-12-01