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Case FileNARA NAID 28977970 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

El Centro, CaliforniaApril 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from El Centro, California in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

El Centro, California

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i | 1, DATE | 2 LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS

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4 5. PHOTOS | 3 SOURCE | O Was Astronomical

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3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HE Of Rarer bib Sd ER TE me oo
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3 3 i 0 Unknown

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1 15. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977970

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