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Case FileNARA NAID 28972629 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Detroit, MichiganNovember 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 Detroit, Michigan in November 1957. 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 29.

Reported location

Detroit, Michigan

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ; 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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1 November 18357 Detroit, Michigar ‘D0 Probably Balloon
fine Be NOMOMDOX LI9 ee JUQILOL La MACHER, 0 Possibly Bolloon
-3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
: 0 Was Aircraft :
ER orp sin = lr aie ppv Ne O Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft :
emy__01/23307 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE BR: Was Astronomical Vornus
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EI Cin
OD Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
y 0 Unknown
ong hour one stationary fh el
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, ‘white and green object, size of |Description and position that of
pea, No sound, Twinkled., Stationary. Venus. This planet is causing quitg
a few UFO reporis this year, )
ATIC FORM 329 (RZV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972629

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Places

Detroit, MIMichigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-01

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