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Case FileNARA NAID 28973679 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Columbus, OhioNovember 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, Ohio in November 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 30.

Reported location

Columbus, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
November 1957

2. LOCATION
Columbus, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Lost
AMD 06/2220Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Air Ground-Visual
Air Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
2

9. COURSE
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two round objects side by side. Objects were flying on a straight line. Objects were bright. So [illegible] and were in sight for over an hour.

11. COMMENTS
Color with "glowing" effect that this sighting was probably caused by high flying aircraft.

12. CONCLUSIONS
B Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Possibly Balloon
D Was Aircraft
B Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft
D Was Astronomical
D Probably Astronomical
D Possibly Astronomical
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973679

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Organizations

Project 10073

Places

Columbus, OHColumbus, OhioOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-01November 1957

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