govweird/archive
Case FileNARA NAID 28972008 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Des Moines, IowaOctober 1957

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 Des Moines, Iowa 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

Des Moines, Iowa

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
1 Fh oe n—— EAE TL A MO SAA 0 ANTON RI Tg PY PA 5 lr Em Fm J———— id i
. — # |
|
/
fagh : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: DO Wos Bolloon
6 October 1957 Des Moines, Iowa O Probably Bolleon
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Toy wm
| loesle | X2Greund-Visual D Ground-Reder BX pabable Averett
omy. 06/22297 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercopt Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTC » SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
OVYes O Probably Astrenomicel
: Xe Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BON conicgpiminiiliaesiiipiion
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
one minute one NW to SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

One round silver object the size of a Description, duration, flight
- basketball at arm's length, Object wa path indicate that this sight-

seen flying from NW to SW for one ing was probably caused by an

minute. : aircraft,

ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
|
Fo
¢ ; [
/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972008

Connected across the archive

Places

Des Moines, IAIowa

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-10-01

Related case files