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Case FileNARA NAID 28975574 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Austin, IndianaDecember 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 Austin, Indiana in December 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 31.

Reported location

Austin, Indiana

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

IN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Austin, Indiana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 02/0038Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one minute

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One red pin point which was slowly moving west. Object was in sight for one minute.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
West

11. COMMENTS
Description, duration, flight path indicate probability of aircraft.

No report in file.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975574

Connected across the archive

People

Civilian

Organizations

ATIC

Places

Austin, INAustin, IndianaIndiana

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

19571957-12-01December 1957

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