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Case FileNARA NAID 28969675 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Bedford, IndianaApril 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 Bedford, Indiana in April 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 27.

Reported location

Bedford, Indiana

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
} 1. DATE ! 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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0 Wos Balloon |
24 April 1957 Bedford, Indiana 3 Probably Balloon
i ee 0 Pos si bly Balloon 1
| @ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
: 0 Was Ai |
[Sr es SNE xB Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a MCR |
1 y= (0) ~ . : t H
GMT 25/02007 0 Air Visuol OO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
[a 5. PHOTOS : 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes 3 Probably Astronomical
! 0 NE Civilian : 1 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.08SZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (Vo TY pe AR AC
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation :
E : Ra 0 Unknown
; one hour two. stationary
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Two star shaped silver, green and Concur with Reporting Officer
E yellow objects the size of a dime at that this sightahyg was probably
1 arm's length, Objects were seen statioji- caused by stars,
i. ary at 45 dgr elevation and 140 dgr :
{ azimuth and were seen vicually for
one hour, .
No report on file,
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969675

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