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Case FileNARA NAID 28970384 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Barstow, CaliforniaJune 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 Barstow, California in June 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

Barstow, California

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
E | |o Was Bolloon
: | 29 June 1957 Barstow, California 0 Probobly Balloon
| 2. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EE LotuRy BRI
3 : O Wos Aircraft
3 | YT | [ES Aa eX Sk A Se DO Sct ish -8.Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rader a Probably Rvasifs
E |____GMT 20/0 dx Y O Air-Visuai O Air-intercept Radar BgPossibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
A ‘O%Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
| 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION |'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE Other ne nen
3 { 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
BR | A & 0 Unknown
| oma minute one SW
4 jie. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
EB | Object round, size of dinner plate, Husband of observer maintans obj
3 | color silver, Chiect seemed to be was an a/c.
BB | lighted also seemed to glow, obj.
3 | vent out of sight.
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. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970384

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

BarstowBarstow, CACalifornia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-06-01

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