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Case FileNARA NAID 28975371 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Eatontown, New JerseyNovember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Eatontown, New Jersey 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 31.

Reported location

Eatontown, New Jersey

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
1
: ie: i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Wos Balloon
_ 26 November 18987 Eatontown, New Jersoy O° “Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon
Local = NC O22 £:Ground- Visual O Ground-Roador a Renae
GMT 27/0300% 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
JE RHO NORE a ee a ae ES BOURGET 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical {
Q-No | BUT Tn OD Possibly Astronomical |
[ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [2 1) Pe A ERO EA SAC
! 1 25 minutes | | 1. East 5 ieitigheny Dota for Evaluation
C ye nxnown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 17. COMMENTS
l, One object shaped like inverted Lea- All charscteristics ar=2 those
: cup, size of pea, color - yellowish of a‘balloon at high altitude, |
orange when overhead turning to bril-
liant white. Object had vapor trail,
Est alt 3000-4000 ft. Est speed H50- :
100 knots,
: : 2. One object bright red, slight vapor
emanating from object. Viewer's wife
saw same object.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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