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Case FileNARA NAID 28975251 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Along Gila River, ArizonaNovember 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 Along Gila River, Arizona 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

Along Gila River, Arizona

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| : WPS : O Wos Balloon
E © 29 Novembexy 1957 Along Gila River, Arizona a Rinaskly Batioon
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Local EE RE TR Or mung: ¥) vs! : o Ground-Radar a Probobly Airerafr
GMT So /Uiaad 0 AleVisuel! “273g Ajr-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes : 0D Probably Astronomical
; B'No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OXXOther_Sputaile (0
0D Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
we ; SA 0 Unknown
3 minutes one SH
1 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1}. COMMENTS
A pea sized streak, bright red, Spltnik TT,
: ATIC YORM 329 (REY 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975251

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