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Case FileNARA NAID 28971033 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Atlanta, GeorgiaAugust 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 Atlanta, Georgia in August 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 28.

Reported location

Atlanta, Georgia

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
[ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
L DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: CO Was Balloon
5& August 1957 Atlanta, Georgia 0 Probably Balloon
3 DATE-TIME GROUP | 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Fessibly Balliosn
3 f gi = 0 Was Aircraft
i Local Soy SE ** Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aireraf?
1 GMT EL ULSOL LN) 0 AirVisuel 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
; odd sed FEE (Dob dt bated A BNR]
S. PROTOS { 8. SOURCE UJ Was Astronomical | teor
a Yes i Aes IX Probably Astronomical
z “TF No { Civilian 0 Possibly Astronemical
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 7. COURSE SE CER RAR SERA
: S | | O Insufficient Dota jor Evaluation
17 seconds ?°? | one E SE loi
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING re re em
One object round, size of pin head, | Probable meteor sighting.
iC O ~ white, object looked like a star |
| of lst or 2nd magnitude.
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