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Case FileNARA NAID 28974650 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Alpena, MichiganNovember 1957

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 Alpena, Michigan in November 1957. The full case file (5 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 30.

Reported location

Alpena, Michigan

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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Sh PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | | |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
) § spa 0 Woes Balloon
12 November 19057 Alpena, Michigan a Ai 14 et
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. YYPE OF OBSERVATION of tn) ct tad |
; 5 DO Wos Aircraft
RII iinimibodpiaihaii sb olin XKGround-Visuvol O Ground-Rodor OF “Probably Aireroft
GMT 12/1915% 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5.. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0D Was Astronomical .
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
gn DO Possibly Astronomical
0-No Shh ASE Rs a
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CAR RT
0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
0 Unknown :
Ti Se RTE RN RECN  «  AMUSREERATA Sa 11 |  ASTRETRRURIUIRG JER RE SS
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cigar shaped object with pointed nose Possibly an a/c at such an angle
having a blunt tail. Aluminum color. that the wings and stabilizers
Had a sound between a peep and a were not visible, Positional
thistte with a low tone. The sound information in report confusing.
was heard before seeing the object. A/C probably in east during per--
Ohject flew a straight unaltered iod of sighting.
course into infinity.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974650

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