Ardmore, PennsylvaniaOctober 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 Ardmore, Pennsylvania in October 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 29.

Reported location

Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

i aan Rs 0 MR £0 MY RHE EN IIT OIA 15505 90 rs
‘ ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : : : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Wos Balloon
19 Nertabar 195% Averdmoyr o Pennsvlvania (w) Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION & Veussiiny Betioon |
“ D Was Aircraft
RL RE ——— git ute pr chsh O Probably Aircraft
Ne Nol 10) L coll VF KE) H i
ony 19/11257 0 Ain Visual O Air-Intercopt Rodor DO Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS : « SOURCE : O Was Astronomical (C120
Q Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian : D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF ORSERVATION 8B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ERE RR AC RRR :
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
wi A gi HR DO Unknown {
20 seconds One not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, reddish orange object, Seemed | Probably meteor sighting.
to be large ball of flame, traveling ;
in straight path then faded out,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 582)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972325

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Places

Ardmore, PA Pennsylvania

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-10-01