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Case FileNARA NAID 28972181 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Eugene, OregonOctober 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 Eugene, Oregon in October 1957. The full case file (3 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 29.

Reported location

Eugene, Oregon

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 14 October 1957

2. LOCATION: Eugene, Oregon

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[X] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 14/0833Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Viewed
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Viewed
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: Civilian Coc

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: very brief

7. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: on3

8. COURSE: down

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round yellowish object, a little larger than a meteor, falling straight to earth. Disappeared into horizon.

11. COMMENTS
Probably meteor.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972181

Connected across the archive

People

ROWELL A. WADE CAPT USAF SENIOR CONTROLLER 25TH AIR DIVISION

Organizations

25TH CADD COCAIRTECHNIACAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIODIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUATERS USAF, WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

Places

Eugene, OREugene, OregonOregon

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

14/OCT 57/0833Z14 October 195719571957-10-01

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