82 00N 82 45W 427th Air Refueling So. Ga, April 1957April 1957

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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 82 00N 82 45W 427th Air Refueling So. Ga, April 1957 in April 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 27.

Reported location

82 00N 82 45W 427th Air Refueling So. Ga, April 1957

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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4 I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 32 0O0ON 82 40W 0 Was Ballesh
1 7 April 1957 127th Air Refueling Sa. GA DO Probably Balloon
4 A. DATE.YILE RBA TTT ae ee an a Wa MY 0: xPossibly Bolloon
fi 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. YYPE OF OBSERVATION |
EE Rs a O Was Aircraft |
; ABT | Et a A UR Dn SOR Ee ps “TX Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aireroft {
3 3 Jy OY r; i i |
4 CMT 07/2200% 0 Air Visual O Air-Intsrcept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE |O Was Astronomical
i 0 Yes O Prebably Astronomical
A *t% No Military O Possibly Astronomical
os EE EET Ty TR PA TE CT FE J eT imma To BE CE EC So ts TSO i
* 7. LENGTH OF.O85ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE OMEpE ele TR ;
i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 48 : W 0 Unknown
fe 49 minutes one Yastward
bi - DT Tr i TN TV UC ey TT a Ty LT TT Pl Tome eae et Loi ones atin ai Eo chi GUA OS JS EA RO
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| One object, shape not to clear due to A comparison with numerous photo
| blurred ddges, appeared to be triangulafp graphs of radar, corner reflec
A or square, Size 1/10 of half moon, tors(lriangular objects of
3 color was similar to moon but twice as aluminum foil)suspended below 3
1 brilliant, Object appearad stationary balloons) and characteristic of
a no sound, the object. Indicate that the
1 object was this type of radar
F reflector.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969468

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-04-01