Bitburg, Germany, January 1958January 1958

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 Bitburg, Germany, January 1958 in January 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Bitburg, Germany, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
9 | 1. DATE { 2. LOCATION [12. CONCLUSIONS
po !
i ; iT Was Balloon
: Leledam abR BI TREGOUBIMaNY v0 JE Rronably Balieen
L | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP [+ TYPE OF OSSERYATION Bada boy dt lh
E J ! f \ SHRI,
= Bor ce SC EE ES Sh Ll ERD Sas gl Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar {8 Was Aircraft
! >
i NNER i=: Probably Aircraft
a GMT oy 06277 i 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Hee Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS g { 6. SOURCE {0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes | 10 Probably Astronomical
2 No hii SE Ae C Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Et OF heriemiRe ail asc
| | | © Insufficient Data for Evaluati
g i 0 Unknown
ji. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
i Obj, size of dime at arm's length; Obj has characteristics of a
: { color red, greenish yellow & slightly balloon observation.
: blue w/irregular flight path. Generally
; moving to overhead position. Side to
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
3 .
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4 3
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976897

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01