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Case FileNARA NAID 28975462 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Fairbanks, AlaskaNovember 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 Fairbanks, Alaska in November 1957. The full case file (5 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 31.

Reported location

Fairbanks, Alaska

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

AK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a : nic ; : Sh HN Rn i 0 Was Balloon
30 November 1 December 1907 Fairbanks, Alaska 0) Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
oZ Vi i O Was Aircroft
0] Be EC Tr oP ee Oe), 20 Ground. Visual O Ground-Reador 0 Probably Aircraft
eur. 01/0138 -01507 O Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radoy |B Possibly Aircraht
Se PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Fa IS Was Astronomical M > t 20 J 4
Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
0X No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE on 0] 127 AoA a A
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
al R32 0 Unknown
~0 seconds none SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, cream and red with flashep Descriplion & duration of sight:
Streak of light blue or pure phite. ing indicates meteor.
10-15 phone cails.,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975462

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