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Case FileNARA NAID 28975343 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Albuquerque, New MexicoNovember 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 November 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 31.

Reported location

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Wos Balloon
26 Novenber 1967 Albuguaraue, Now IR1CO D Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Boiloen
Oh Gi : D Was Aircraft
45 x40 i A
Local ns = — {10 Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Roador 0: Probably Aircrofy
CMT 0 Ld ad O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircroft
TT 5 ra dr re TER a Ea 1 SEY 3s YU |= 3 a Be EA Ey A Sa :
5, PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
:O:No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [0 RIO o [] 1 1 pine RN ANN oe A
i OD Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
; 0° Unknown
HLLiEa LOS £) 2 yO 1)
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Ong object size of cransport a/d, color Probably misidentification of
silver surface reilection suniight. asc,
Object appeared motionless, then
accelerated gradually to high spe=d
(300-490 knots & disappeared to the
south, |
3 ATIC FORM 32% (REV 26 SEP 52)
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3 RA RS EAS ia AAA i it Sd Ba A As :
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