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Case FileNARA NAID 28972424 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Corpus Christi, TexasOctober 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 Corpus Christi, Texas in October 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 29.

Reported location

Corpus Christi, Texas

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD FR |
I. DATE ne ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: : ODO Wes Balloon
Dc tobe 0 orpus Christi, Texas O Probobly Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ta Sam— |
: O Wes Aircraft
Loew | XO Greund-Visvel O Ground-Reder DO Probobly Alvereft |
om324/0235Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercopt Rodar |D Possibly Aireroft
1s 44 : | SOURCE Was Astronemicel )] Tr |
0 Yes gx Probably rence
Xt No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bs
a] tsb Dete for Evaluation
3 - 5 seconds three not given . ps
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : |
Round object, size of a car, yellow, |Description conforms to bolide |
three in "V" formation, luminous observation after breaking up. |
trail, traveling in a straight line, |Case evaluated as meteor sighting.
X | :
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972424

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Places

Corpus Christi, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-10-01

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