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Case FileNARA NAID 28970236 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Amarillo, Odessa, TexasJune 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, Odessa, Texas in June 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 28.

Reported location

Amarillo, Odessa, Texas

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
BE |). oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 VYos Bolleon
| 3 11 June 1957 Amarillo, Odessa, Texas x Probably Balloon
k 2 . TT gre O Possibly Balloon
i | J. DATE-TIME GROUP 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION -
§ ; 0 Wos Aircrafe
] | Local i ETT *X Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
EL GMT oC 0330 to 041572 0 Air-Visuai Q Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
§ | O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
4 | “TX Ne Civilian 0 Passibly Astronomicai
fF 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bo OMe wo
- O lasufficiant Dara for Evaluation
a ’ 0 Unknown
3 43 minutes one | W mostly
1 {10 BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Cne object round, size of pinhead, WX balloon.
3 color white, Object one circle N of
1 usual path,
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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 3EP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970236

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Amarillo, OdessaAmarillo, Odessa, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-06-01