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Case FileNARA NAID 28973077 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Aiken, South CarolinaNovember 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 Aiken, South Carolina in November 1957. The full case file (5 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 29.

Reported location

Aiken, South Carolina

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

SC / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973077

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