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Case FileNARA NAID 28972581 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Bartletsville, AFS, OklahomaOctober 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Bartletsville, AFS, Oklahoma in October 1957. The full case file (5 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

Bartletsville, AFS, Oklahoma

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

OK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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[3 Wos Balloon
Lo iy SHARD (2 PGT a “o IRRRHrt, WANGTASERGRIC oh J cv! Apc ws (ly GL . OF vProbably Balloon
seni Bion ba i AS0u wc dBartleisville CAFS, Qklahomal Ss tid
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
x Vi v 1 Was Aircraft |
Loco ooo ” i pois hide peel wollte (1 Probably Aircraft
AR BoP {08 ACA 0 AirVisval = © © O Air-Intercept Rodar [0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS j 8. SOURCE J Was Astronomical :
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical -
6 No Military 1 Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF.035ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ |O0 Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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1 1/2 hours one climbing bef ;
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS % io
Round object, size of baseball, silvey Probably weather balloon from
color, Seemed to be climbing, appearance, course & speed,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) :
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