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Case FileNARA NAID 28979441 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Burbank, CaliforniaAugust 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Burbank, California in August 1958. 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 33.

Reported location

Burbank, California

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

CA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
8x Was Balloon
i L po i Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION cl itt fo ci
O Was Aircraft
Local HX Gund vige! O Ground-Rader a Probably Aircraft
: om 14/0830Z2 O Air Visual a Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireroft
S$. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical
QO Yes DO Probably Astronomicol
odio Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE FOR TER—

O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation

| i ¢ O Unknown

F900 mins one W to S then N
'0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

 ’nd, whitiBh obj, size of pea, simila Sources statements arc incon-

‘to star in appearance, Silver area sistent & confusing, However,

t behind obj varied from greenish to since obsvation made for 5
shitish color, Obsvation for 30 mins consecutive days & location
through binoculars, observed for 5 3/4 mi E of Lockheed Air Term-
iays, Obj moved at random, Disappeare inal at about the same time a
by fading. balloon sighting is indicated.

Balloons released normally
0500Z fm this location,

atte FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979441

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