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Case FileNARA NAID 28976307 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Clarksville, IowaDecember 1957

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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 Clarksville, Iowa in December 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

Clarksville, Iowa

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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q 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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27 December 1957 Clarksville, Iowa = Brahenty Salean

| | 3. oATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION © Rossivly Bejiaen

OT Eh eo ES CE SE XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Pecbably Aircraft

; out 28/0425Z2 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

: 5, PHOTOS . SOURCE OO Was Astronomical

! O Yes O Probably Astronomical |

Bo | Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE al > SE EE Se |
; 2) Ingytiisiens Data for Evaluation
over 1 minute one | NW da |
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ph COMMENTS
Round object, tapered to a point, dia- Undoubtedly aircraft,

) mond shaped oose, size of fist. Object

glowed right side green light, left
: left side rusty or amber light. When
1 first sighted, object was stationary,

1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976307

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