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Case FileNARA NAID 28969616 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Albuquerque, New MexicoApril 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico 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

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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RU . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD SURE
| I. DATE 2. LOCATION "ra. conclusions
i ; ; Ox Was Balloon
18 April 19587 Albuquerque, New Mexico D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TQ Reasthiy iBatiosn
y ig ; ) O Was Aircraft
hotles ees — eg f A Ground- Visudl DO Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft
| GMT 18/14507 0 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
5 O:No Cig OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oP cf § 11) ee ES
DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i : ; : O Unknown
Bil 6 minutes one Horth
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object. Circular - size of pea, Of preparing officer are that a
color silver bright. Edges sharply halloon was released by WX bureau
outlined, Object climbed at high at 1430Z & would be in the vicinitly
speed to the South at 435 dgr angle of the sighting at time indicated. :
: dove downward then moved North at a
; +O dgr angle to horizon,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) i
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969616

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