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Case FileNARA NAID 28999642 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Auburn, AlabamaOctober 1962

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 Auburn, Alabama in October 1962. 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 47.

Reported location

Auburn, Alabama

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

AL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E | 0D Was Balloon

f 27 October 1962 Auburn, Alabama O Probably Balloon

3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | O Possibly Balloon

f Ea 0 Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rador He |
f GMT 27/0520Z R Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

E 5. "PHOTOS 8. SOURCE ~ |O Was Astronomico}
he, O Yes OD Probably Astronomical

i HX No | Military O Possibly Astronomical
a 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION ’ NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Be Ofhea ae
a . Insufficient Dato for Evaluation

E DO Unknown

E Los IDNVOR ee. ho foone co seutherly 4 oo oo

4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Ball of fire, orange and green observed Sighting in direction of Eglin

jo to be an estimated 25 miles distant AFB, Possible testing fm that

p fm a/c heading 270 dgr. Obsvation area, Also possible exhaust fm

E toward the South, Flight path was jet a/c;however, the first

3 away fm the a/c and was visible for possibility is more likely, No

E 5 minutes. follow-up by rpting official
= as witness was at Forbes AFB,

4 Kansas, Case listed as Insuffi-

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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999642

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