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Case FileNARA NAID 28972560 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Ely, NevadaOctober 1957

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 Ely, Nevada in October 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 29.

Reported location

Ely, Nevada

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

NV / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 October 1957

2. LOCATION
Ely, Nevada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ____
GMT 20/06232

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X:I Ground-Visual    □ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual          □ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
□ No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
two to three seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
N to S

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object with a peculiar color & the size of the largest planet in the sky. Object moved from N to S and was in sight for 2 to 3 seconds.

11. COMMENTS
Probably meteor sighting.

No report in file.

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

ATIG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972560

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