Alexandria, Va., May 1959May 1959

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 Alexandria, Va., May 1959 in May 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Alexandria, Va., May 1959

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
ft DATE : !2. LOCATION 12. COMCLUSIONS
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0 Was Balioon |
SE i Eads WE {0 Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP hs TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sse Ealioon
! , Ar: p= 0 Was Aircraft
cal j@ und-V | 0 Ground-Roc i } ¥.-
: Local ee Ground-Visua Ground-Rodar QQ Probably Aircrcft
~ Che i Ai a
Girl nied IBE0G Has | BG Alp Visio) 0 Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircroft
i: 5. PHOTOS : { 6 SOURCE FTE "|p Was Astronomical
: 0 Yes 07 Probably Astronomical
; a Ne fvilian 00 Possibly Astronomical
2 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ela Othwpms aoe lie desi in
: i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E : i | O Unknown
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: fro. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ju COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983307

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-05-01