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Case FileNARA NAID 28971405 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Bel Air, MDAugust 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 Bel Air, MD in August 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

Bel Air, MD

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

MD / 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
b PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : :
0 Was Balloon
23 August 1957 Bel Air. Md O Probably Balloon
| 3 oATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Patsibly Ballden
: 7 s 0 Wos Aircraft
3 LT  — R:Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
: GUT 2d ORT. O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
3 BNo Military O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0X Drher AurOra Borealis
: DO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
4 g 0 Unknown
[4 one hour over 10 changing
~[10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 One object size of half dollar, white, [A number of UFO reports were
3 red & yellow to north, changing shape, |[received during this period simila
8 or 9 to northeast, one small to to this one, which were found to
F south, appearance of burning balloon, |be the aurora borealis now seen
E moving very fast in all directions. further south than in many years.
| | ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
: /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971405

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