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Case FileNARA NAID 28983904 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Berea, KentuckyJuly 1959

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 Berea, Kentucky in July 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Berea, Kentucky

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

KY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD g
AH Re ger yor =r pry YEE SPAN EER |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
hl Ral sEe) Berea, Kentucky O Probably Batteon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION —{ DO Possibly Balloon |
OH ; Ni § 0 Was Aircraft |
Local eh re 0-Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT___ 2! AQIS 7 aa 59 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
0 No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (3 B90) 3, 1pdo Si HAR SCS
Oc Insufficient Data for Evaluation
a 0 Unknown
Hoe u0imins a N--S
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Right objs, slightly larger than stars, Follow-up que tionnaires sent &
{but of the same color & brighter, appear dco not returned to FTD. Info incomplete.
move slowly at firet then vex fast, then No conclusion can be drawn fm info
slowed dovm again. No sound, given.
}
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983904

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