Chattanooga, Tennassee, January 1958January 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Chattanooga, Tennassee, 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 31.

Reported location

Chattanooga, Tennassee, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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| : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
|! EE  —————————————— ———————————————s ©
| -§ 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
aos dh kan 58 hattanooga, Tennassce . Siesdnly falodn
-- 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TARSYE BY 00n
Local —_ XI Ground- Visual! 0 Ground-Radar a Probabiy Aiverafr i
any. 05/0462 2 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE : ¥@ Was Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
‘ BD No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
eee ae BN SES
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER CF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Othe uation
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
“ g : 0 Unknown
Jo= 4 secs Ono not given
; ~~ [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
rong oval obj, larger than the full Possible moteor. Duration ’
| "aon, which was also visible, fieoy general description & fl ight |
red, Looked as i Pit hit the earth, path conform Ww, this analysis,
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 215 SEP 52)
p.: FE ES ST UL 4 EE LNG SIE EA ; TAT EA

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976543

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01