ESE Corpus Christi, TexasMarch 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from ESE Corpus Christi, Texas in March 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

ESE Corpus Christi, Texas

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: | l. DATE | 2 LOCATION 1 7 Corpus Christ {127 CONCLUSIONS
| 4 p AR > LAVers P 1 © | 0 Was Balloon |
i Mar 5 § 31 Art on io Mes we oy en |8 Probably Balloon
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t 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ' 4. TYPE GF OBSERVATION [eis Lila id
: | { H H Ww . 4 |
7 1 Jia | o Tah, Aa. Pp 10 Was Aircraft i
§ ge Cn EE eH SA OQ Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rader Ve Buskauts Mcsrats |
i = Ahn AA NA SER Ch | p of bf = PT Kf SRT {
; { CMT / Viol 290850.2 OL 0 AisVisuol 0 Air-lntercapt Radar 2 HAAR ald as {
po Heme Set ee lL SE Me ee Le TE ean i
: bk PHOTOS | 6- SOURCE Lm Was Astronomical > Le0r
2 | O Yes 3 Probably Astronomical |
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8 | Po ERE i Va Mi sb tar ir Smale 0 Possibly Astronomical
; 1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PEI he SES pi ah eds lp Ses
i | i {0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
J ; | g | 0 Unknown
all Me nL Pe OS TER sR Es © LS LS RE I Rh SARS SAE 2 RT IIR LL CHE
110, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Hah COMMENTS
| |
3s lar obj, glowing bluish-white| Description indicates ob, SQ
: eo ler about size of dime fm position meteor. Corpus Chrisit thar
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977463

Connected across the archive

Places

ESE Corpus Christi, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-03-01