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Case FileNARA NAID 28980964 · T1206 Roll 34

Project Blue Book Case File

El Paso, TexasNovember 1958

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 El Paso, Texas in November 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 34.

Reported location

El Paso, Texas

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | \
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 7
0 Was Balloon
AA WONT a 0 BR pga EE 0 Probably Balloon
APES Cast 0 BR ed fad PULA ol ER BE 1d BS 4 EERE Ce TT LOE WR SAD aS Ae A 2 US — [;
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BY EEGS IN Balloon
1 *
Local mere & Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar a VAG RS
GMT. Wi JRL 3) fa 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHOTOS 8, SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical 0 0 1)
OVYes 0 - Probably Astronomical
Eh BNo Civilian a DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF .OBSERVYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Elba Ot ha pit stisimiil vn hol laa gs PLT
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation :
0 Unknown
CER LI BAT YE Ce RC at PETA 0 9X 2 I Badd) by 5 ria oe a So uh YAMBA 80 SA RS
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Yedilow, biue & flashing white, found Probably a star, Sirius,
bl srze ofiding, 20dgr elev in BEastl
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
WRASSE na rd sa 3 ’
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980964

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