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Case FileNARA NAID 28971840 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Colorado Springs, ColoradoSeptember 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 Colorado Springs, Colorado in September 1957. The full case file (3 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 29.

Reported location

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

CO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
29 September 1957
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 2/2100Z
5. PHOTO
Yes

2. LOCATION
Colorado Springs, Colorado
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Viewed
Air-Viewed
6. SOURCE
Civilian

12. CONCLUSIONS
Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Astronomi cal
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three
9. COURSE
North

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three objects, size of head of pin, silver white, irregular shape. Sighted to the North moving away.

11. COMMENTS
Probably a/c sighting.

ATG FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971840

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