5 Mi W Of Bismark, North D., August 1958August 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 5 Mi W Of Bismark, North D., August 1958 in August 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 33.

Reported location

5 Mi W Of Bismark, North D., August 1958

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
GX Wes Balloon :
18 August 1958 5S Mi W of Bismark, North D|JO Probably Belloon :
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
0 Was Alrereft !
OMT —J18/13307 o RivQpplars gq Air-intercopt Rader |O Possibly Alrereft |
"PHOTC ou © Was Astronemicel ]
Q Yes © Probably Astronomical
3 Neo Civilian O Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR —
; =) 1 eshar Dete for Evaluation
40 mins one East I
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
White, balloon like obj, looked like Everyth..g points to obj Leing
balloon, bright flash followed by a balloon, ;
white glow, bigh overhead, Station-
ary at first, then moving slowly .
to the East.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979508

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-08-01