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Case FileNARA NAID 28978175 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

6 Mi W of Chillicothe, Mo., May 1958May 1958

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 6 Mi W of Chillicothe, Mo., May 1958 in May 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

6 Mi W of Chillicothe, Mo., May 1958

Date of incident

May 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
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dita ishy licen
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MT 11/15 1/1 53 07 Sa XDMAir Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
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3 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Eee BNE a IM et O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other
4 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E § D Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
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