Balinger, TexasDecember 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 Balinger, Texas in December 1957. The full case file (6 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 31.

Reported location

Balinger, Texas

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
is 0 Was Balloon
27 December 1957 Balinger, Texas & Eretohly Bales
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SAsIRY. Been
1842 2 O Was Aircroft
Boddhi util ns ESR | KX &round- Visual O Ground-Radar XXProbably Aircraft
GMT 28/0042 Z Q Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS { é. SOURCE [=m] Was Astronomical |
0 Yes | O Probably Astronomical |
XXNo { Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE OWE eo RICHER i
B Piiticiont Data for Evaluation
1 1/2 minutes one | NE to N gai |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |b COMMENTS
One object size of walnut, color intens Typically jet aircraft speeds
white, no sound, Object appeared to and altitude after take off.
5 gain altitude and disappeared,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976300

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Places

Balinger, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-12-01