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Case FileNARA NAID 28977841 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Denton, NebraskaApril 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 Denton, Nebraska in April 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

Denton, Nebraska

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

NE / US

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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3 | : Was Balloon
] peop ag | Deliton, Mebpasse LL |B Brobanly Basen
E 2. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i peraibly bailodn
(er Rs Te TRE Ee El | AF Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar list all ER
d Fel vl pi C8 145) 2, 20 7 ae 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |G Possibly Aircraft
i SERGE = ns a enanine Dea SC ISOURRE: = 0 Riles ina Eg Was Astshiamical :
: 0 Yes 0 Probably Astroncmical
: 2 to | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
| BF iE NGTH OF OBSERVATION |B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other shale
4 | 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 0 Unknown
: eke2 mins | one INE-SE returning :
i 16. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS rE
: Rnd obj at a distance. Oval close up Probably a/c. ;
; ‘1 & head on, At a distance othe size of
: a tennis ball, length of a cabin plan
4 fm a side view. At a distance-red,
3 close up silver white w/red light,
: Red light was blinking.
ATIC FORM 123 (R2V 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977841

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