44.43N 141.48E, October 1957October 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 44.43N 141.48E, October 1957 in October 1957. 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 29.

Reported location

44.43N 141.48E, October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

BN PO ON HO a AVR VRE TIBET 00 £500 bm oi a ” PEI ema wg ory i
Bi yo Ve : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : be
1. DATE 2." LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DOD Wos Balloon
31 October 1957 44 43Yy 141 ASR oO Probably Bolloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION w  FWhary Syne :
1330 . 0 Was Aircraft
Local ——~ HiGround-Visval O Ground-Rodor (m] Probably Aircrof?
ont S1/09302 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rodor DO Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical .
QO Yes O Probobly Astronomicel
XE No Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE TER Rey
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
4 & 0 Unknown
15 minutes one : stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Pillar of flame 100 miles high observe Insufficient data for evaluation
in the West by fishermen for duration
of 15 minutes, Color changed from rod
to blue then it disappeared.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REY 26 SEP 52) : ; pr.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972576

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-10-01