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Case FileNARA NAID 28978268 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Albuquerque, New MexicoMay 1958

Insufficient Data

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 May 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. O Was Balloon
| 18 May 58 Albuquerque, New Mexico O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEL
: B=] Fe CE ES RE a f36round- Visual 0 Ground-Radar - Probably Aircraft
; GMT 19/02547 0 AirVisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Meteor
: O Yes : Probably Astronomical
i 'N Ar ie DO Possibly Astronomical
i Xf No Civilian ”
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (Jf {IF poe ie pe Gl ESL
i O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i Rnd obj, size of pea, luminous flam Everything is highly suggestive
i ‘lcolor, blue-purple. Appeared to leave of ‘a meteor, as seen through
: trail, possibly due to extreme speed adverse sighting conditbns,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978268

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