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Case FileNARA NAID 28969632 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Amarillo, TexasApril 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, Texas in April 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 27.

Reported location

Amarillo, Texas

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
| fe PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
|
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
£ ST fe 4 0 Vos Balloon
24, April 1957 Amarillo, Texas 0 Probebly Bolloon
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Meas tEly Sol eok
. Vi i 0 Wos Aircraft |
ee a ASIA pram dit th B:Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft |
GM (oof eo 2/2 1502 2 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intarcept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ! » SOURCE £3; Was Astronomical [C1 COTY
QO Yes } O Probably Astronomical
Q:No Civitiian O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [0 Jef (0) | {Ye rs A ATEN oR ES
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; : O Unknown
; five seconds one North to South
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
& One round silver object, the size of Astro (Meteor)
i a dime at arm's length. Opject was
4 seen moving North to South for oO sec-
onds.,
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
2 ’
A
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969632

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

AmarilloAmarillo, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-04-01

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