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Case FileNARA NAID 28976321 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

El Paso, TexasDecember 1957

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 Paso, Texas in December 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

El Paso, Texas

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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; : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 8 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: QO Was Balloon
1 29 December 1957 El Paso, Texas O Probably Balloon
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION £1: Gensitfy Helicon
; © bee) oo | XX Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar g Probably Airer a8
oMT_30/0235Z Bdpagulars O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOU O Was Astronomical
g QO Yes QO Probably Astronomical f
4 Civilian O Possibly Astronomical -
L [7 CewoTm oP oBsERVATION |v. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE jo Ome | |
E Senay thsiant Data for Evaluation
3 3 minutes one | stationary non |
2 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
K i |
: Object with appearance of a star, Size | No elevation or azimuth given.
: of baseball, white with red tail, Was Without which data, no evaluation
1 spinning, Had a glow, Glow seemed can be made, Object, was possibly
i very close and bright, Venus.
rE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976321

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