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Case FileNARA NAID 28970292 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Clinton, TennesseeJune 1957

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 Clinton, Tennessee in June 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 28.

Reported location

Clinton, Tennessee

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

TN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
BE | 1. oaTE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 | 0 Wos Ballecn
Er | 19 June 1957 Clinto: rennessee O Probably Belioon
g | 3 DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION iE GER Rey Rioon.
3 | : i O Wos Aircraft
1 | Locol Sr crn 8.Ground-Visuai 0 Ground-Rador TC Probably Aircrafr
9 cMT 20 0100Z1957 O Air-Visval 0 Air-Intercopt Roaar 0 Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
a 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 0 Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BEiOeY an eae
& risine then O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
fo . : Gia issn let aida 0 Unknown
. four minutes one | angling off
© |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 | One teardrop or comet shaped object Description, duratbn, flight path
E iving blue and orange jet like light, | indicate that this sighting was
i | Object was fomr to five feet long. probably caused by an aircraft,
4 Object had a comet like tail. Object
3 f lew slowly toward observers up then
- moved off at an angle and disappeared,
3 | Object was seen visually for approxi-
3 | matelv four minutes.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970292

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