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Case FileNARA NAID 28972415 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Atlanta, GeorgiaOctober 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 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

Atlanta, Georgia

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD He :
I. DATE ¥ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: O Wes Bolloon
: Dc tober 195 Atlanta, Georgia O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. Teawmy we—" | |
O Wes Aireref
TT — XXGround-Visuel D Ground-Redar OX XP rob ably ol a
|__omy.24/0015Z | aArvies 0 Air-imercopt Roder |O Possibly Airereh |
5. PHOTO! SOURCE O Wes Astronomicol
QO Yes ODO Probably Astrenemicel
: ON Militar O Possibly Astrenomicel
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION * NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD DUI csi iainmimeiiiusinsaoioee
: O Insufficient Dete for Evaluvetion :
; : : 0 Unknown
five minutes | one 150 to 180 dgr 4
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
" One round reddish object, the size Description, duration, flight |
of a basketball at arm's lengh, : path indicate that this sighting
Object was seen flying from 150 dgrs | was probably caused by an aircrafy,
to 180 dgrs & was in sight for five : |
minutes,
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972415

Connected across the archive

Places

Atlanta, GAGeorgia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-10-01

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