Columbus-Ft Benning, Ga.area, January 1958January 1958

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 Columbus-Ft Benning, Ga.area, 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 32.

Reported location

Columbus-Ft Benning, Ga.area, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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| | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
- 1. pate [2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS : |
3
I {0 Woes Balloon |
: 16 Jan 58 Falta) umbus—-ft Bennino (la ape 8 Probably Balloon
: SE a Jan 93 1-20 2 LOLS 2 L Henning, a.,arl Bh BEesInIo BE aon
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
! a : i | |B Was Aircraft Contrails
Lg a Rites med Ck Ground- Yi sual O Ground-Radar | TQ Probably Aircraft :
; 15/93307 : i :
E GMT 16/23307 : CO AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar is Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 4. SCURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: O Yes TO Probably Astronomicai
0 No | Civilian & Military Gi hossliiy Asvgnbmcal
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ELE Ofharieabas sito De hl vn
C Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 ! 2 Unknown
: ge OU mans two South
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ! l. COMMENTS
| Two cigar shaped objs, bright orange [Description of objs & circumstances
|w/reddish tinge. one following the indicate that they were non-rersid-
: other, Objs faded out & then came tent contrails fm a formation of
back, two jet a/c. Sun's position low
: on horizon could have caused the
; coloration,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976765

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01