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Case FileNARA NAID 28969857 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Bel Air, MarylandMay 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 Bel Air, Maryland in May 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 27.

Reported location

Bel Air, Maryland

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
BB 1. DATE ] 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS AT ae
{3 Wos Balloon
; 12 May 1957 Bel Air, Marvlanc D Probably Balloon
y a ote ang tonal O Possi bly Balloon
3 . i £ OF OBSERVATION .
2030 SK Vi ; 00 Wos Aircrafr
Fo Local a Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 01 Probably Aircraft
E oMT..22/0130--05007 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Gon op
EB 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE (IX Was Astronomical Z.L0aN2[
| 0 Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
TE “[XNo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TO |] pre AA Ee A Se
i 8 Zio Zag in 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
_ 1 ha FREES EER a 0 Unknown
8 J» hours ORE Northerly dire¢gtion
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
g One object, similar to star-size head This is culmipation of another
3 of pin color; mostly yellow, changes sighting from same individual
: to green or white, When viewed through in same area and same descrip-
gE binoculars object appears to have a halp tion aud conclusions this is an ;
etfect, astro hody. :
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) :
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