Columbus, New MexicoJune 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 Columbus, New Mexico in June 1957. The full case file (6 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

Columbus, New Mexico

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

> : ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
L |. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Bl gel of Fn Tx Was Balloon
E 13 June 1957 Columbus, New Mexico O Probably Balloon
3 | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellon |
: O Wos Aircraft
| 5s of ener or va 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probobly Aircraft
E 1 / ~ f M -
{ CMT 13/17327Z DAir Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar | 3 Possibly Aircrait
| 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
3 O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
| I Se Military O Possibly Astronomicol
: E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE nig o) | 1 Ee OEE See Ce EN
3 O Insufficiant Dota for Evaluation
3 = : 4 : 0 Unknown
E 15 minutes one NNW rising
~ [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: | One object, very bright, size of Five flichts of balloons from
E marble, color bright white, object Vernallis several at altitudes
=. stationary or moving very slow NNW. between 60,000 and 100,000 feet,
Il | A/C at 46,000 and object estimated
BN | 20,000 feet higher,
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2 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
3 2 : : :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970259

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