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Case FileNARA NAID 28974648 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Alpena, Mich., November 1957November 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, Mich., November 1957 in November 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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, Mich., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-600-57

1. DATE
12 Nov 57
3 Jan 58

2. LOCATION
Alpena, Mich.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
12/ 12/1525Z Nov 57

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[] Ground-Visual
[] Air-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 to 15z seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
W to E

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One cigar shaped aluminum object seen flying W to E and in sight for 10 to 15 seconds.

11. COMMENTS
[illegible] Concur with Reporting Officer that this was a F-102/

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974648

Connected across the archive

Organizations

AISOP

Craft and vessels

F-102

Places

Alpena, Mich.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

12 Nov 5719571957-11-01

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