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Case FileNARA NAID 28975171 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Amarillo AFB, TexasNovember 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 Amarillo AFB, Texas 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

Amarillo AFB, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / 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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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
RE i 0 Was Balloon
___ 23 November 1987 Amarillo AFB, Texas DO Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Eessibly. Bolioen
: Ian) ; t OX XWos Aircraft
Local Fr eee Te FT 28:Ground-Visuol O Ground-Rader QO Probobly Aircrof?
GMT 23/1057 0 Air Visual 0) Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
0: No Mili tary O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CIE Oth wisinimidecs bi isis i oi y ©
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
X : O Unknown
gi 2-3 minutes To 31 re hiss NB
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS g
Round, white, glowing, object, size Observer probably saw an a/c which
of half dollar, Moved toward observer | was in the vicinity of the sight-
then veered up and to the right. ing at the time,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975171

Connected across the archive

Places

Amarillo AFB, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-01

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