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Case FileNARA NAID 28973943 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Artesia, New MexicoNovember 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 Artesia, New Mexico in November 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 30.

Reported location

Artesia, New Mexico

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD or, :
1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
OD Woes Balloon
6 November 1957 rtesia, New Mexico 5 Lar a
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossiliy Bevleen
| 0 Wes Aircraft
LT — HX Ground-Visvel O Ground-Rader QO Probably Aircreft
| JOSE © 40 FUER A 0 AirVisvel OD Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aireralt
S.. PHOTOS . SX Wes Astronemicel Meteor |
Q Yes (n] prt 4 packed |
; No ivilian OD Possibly Astronemie
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR REP GUNON SARE PEAR
O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
| : 0 Unknown
10 seconds on i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oblong object, size of 25 cent piece, Meteor sighting.
red, tail of fire like meteor, Disap-
peared all at once.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973943

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