Arcadia, MissouriNovember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Arcadia, Missouri in November 1957. The full case file (6 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

Arcadia, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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| I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
ita RR ; ; 0 Was Balloon
ob November 1997 Arcadia, Missouri 0 A fo i |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION pit choo Boul |
as > D Was Aircraft
Loco —— otal SS thon tabte kd 0 Probably Aircraft
eMT__ L0/8000% 0 APRVIRE 2 2TS  B Airintercept Ruder |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a Was Astronomical VV 105 :
O Yes O-“Probobly Astronomical
<0 No GOC Observer D Possibly Astronomical
- WIJ OAL VD
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE RR EE RR EA
0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
Et 0 Unknown \
40 minates , 1 downward
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One very large, oblong object, No Probably Vanus,
tail, trail or exhaust. No sound,
Bright white with reddish tint,
ATIC FORM 32% (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974376

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Places

Arcadia, MO Missouri

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-11-01