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Case FileNARA NAID 28973778 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

El Paso, TexasNovember 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 November 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 30.

Reported location

El Paso, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 5 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Ha Em p O Woes Balloon
¢ November 1957 El Paso, Texas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYAN m—
: . ? O Wes Aircraft
bt RB:Ground- Visual o Ground Redar [a] Probably Aireref?
CT RN he TROT SR 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOU BX Was Astronomical lic tcor
: Q Yes ) O Probably Astronomical
B.8Ne Civilian DO Possibly Astrenemical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 5 SUI cisions. |
0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
: : ’ : O Unknown
D 820d S8 one ENE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Bireuiny object size of fifty cant Meteor signuins.
Pape Rc arm’ donut White changing
PQ Sa Rd raeny Brraight flight ;
weaddne Wiilhe INIT iaLs oUServation At |
FUE ava Udo sy Quiect faded oved
YO L205,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Le RR Ss SER faa hc sg 4 i
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973778

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