Abroad ship at 26 Degrees 38'N-23 Degrees 22' W, May 1957May 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 Abroad ship at 26 Degrees 38'N-23 Degrees 22' W, May 1957 in May 1957. The full case file (6 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

Abroad ship at 26 Degrees 38'N-23 Degrees 22' W, May 1957

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

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Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969728

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-05-01