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Case FileNARA NAID 28972071 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

E of Salisbury, North CarolinaOctober 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 E of Salisbury, North Carolina 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

E of Salisbury, North Carolina

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

NC / 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
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1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Wes Balloon |
D October 195 E of Salisbur North Carolia Art +14 or ei |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tw en
Ici bbbiaciniimiiiniinng 0 Ground-Visuol D Ground-Radar 8 Probe Rereh |
GMT_10/02167Z | stxAirVisvel O Air-Intercopt Rodor |D Possibly Aireroft
3. DT OS : JOU O Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes dx Probably Astronomical
«x No Militar DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO simian
O Insufficient Date for Evaluetion
D Unknown TE
15 - 20 seconds one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Round, white object describing an Could be anything without further
arc in elevation. Disappeared from detailed data, but probably
sight in distance, meteor,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972071

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