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Case FileNARA NAID 28984163 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

E Of South Carolina, August 1959August 1959

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 South Carolina, August 1959 in August 1959. The full case file (6 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 36.

Reported location

E Of South Carolina, August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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x 4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD AT
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
I Slahs eg B of South Carolina 0 Probably Balloon
— ee Sy ee NN eee ie
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
a2) i RV fg 0 Was Aircraft
Gocalin sow SOREa Gon sas indie :Ground-VYi sual a Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
i CMT 15/00347 Ang 59 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 ‘Was Astrehomiaal
: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical !
: No Mi 14+ ar 0 Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bx 0ther_ Micedidd =
i O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: : 0 Unknown
i not given 1 NE
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rocket w/accompanying vapor tbails & Missile launch verified Pm Omdw
| erratic ciohds of cmolke traveling LIE & BMG meat CS RY
PCT eon ARE Ey AG.

climbing rapidly. A dim light appeared
i to fall away; at elev 70° another, but brighter

light separated & fell toward the East.
i Later three dull red flashes were observed

on the southern horizon.
8

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984163

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