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Case FileNARA NAID 28975196 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Cape Mears, WashingtonNovember 1957

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 Cape Mears, Washington in November 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 31.

Reported location

Cape Mears, Washington

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS el
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I's, PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
QO Yes Ci Probably Astronomical
BNo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [2 Weko} [3 1) Catia ph SE SETS
0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
Japa i i 1 Si J 0 Urknown
three to four minutes one NW to SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
on= round white object the size of a Description, duration, indicate
dime. Object moved fwom NW to SE and probabxlity of aircraft,
was in sight for 3 to 4 minutes,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975196

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