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Case FileNARA NAID 28982411 · T1206 Roll 35

Project Blue Book Case File

Bloomington, Ill, March 1959March 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 Bloomington, Ill, March 1959 in March 1959. The full case file (6 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 35.

Reported location

Bloomington, Ill, March 1959

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
Ra PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ~~ :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
CO Was Balloon
RF ay EN Blooninston, I11 0 Probably oe
} d ie 4 thute mm ALT - i » 8
3. DATE-T!ME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ww Toran Nem"
’ y 0 Was Aircraft
XT — BGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 17 Probably Aircraft
’ me . .
GMT 02/0422 O AirVisuol O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
Aas O Possibly Astronomical
0 No Civiidinn ail ‘
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE RR TER EEN
OD Insufficiant Data for Evaluotion
0 Unknown
SNE a Ti
( « a =) ( Ys
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Speck of light, heading NW, approx 50° It is the opinion that the ob]

'! elev, passed thru un angle of spprox 20-25°4 was probubly a high flying jet a/c,
distance ond wind direction accounting
for the =bsence of sowid,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982411

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