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Case FileNARA NAID 28970477 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

8 mi NW of Del Rio, TexasJuly 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 8 mi NW of Del Rio, Texas in July 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 28.

Reported location

8 mi NW of Del Rio, Texas

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
3
i EYE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ds CONCLUSIONS
E |0 Wos Boiloon
; 10-11 July 1957 8 mi NW of Del Rio, Texas IB Probably Bolleon
; Be eT ee J PERRI BLY: BOI BN
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION -
3 . : 0 Wos Aircraft |
4 RC a rvs Eid O Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft
3 CMT LI A02307 03057 0 AirVisusi~ ~~" DO Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft
S| 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE OY Was Astronomical Star
: 0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
| — a Ne Woman, serv, station owner |O Possibly Astronomics
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE hE eg RS EE NSU
4 O Insufficient Data for Evaluotion
E y 5 : a : 0 Unknown
Ee | 35 minutes one unkown
© li. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 A red flashing light appeared to be No alt or bearing, etc, given
BM | at a standsill and then it drifted to enable a check of Mars or any x
gE down until it disappeared over the red appearing stars, However,
1 | horizon. object viewed on succeeding nights
BE | in stationary (same) position.
RE | Indicate astro body,
= H
4 .
BE |
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 51)
3 3 :
3 . : “- B
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970477

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