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Case FileNARA NAID 28975634 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Fairchild AFB, WashingtonDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Fairchild AFB, Washington in December 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

Fairchild AFB, Washington

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
5 |
i ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5: ¢ ; O Was Bolloon
3 December 1957 Fairchild AFB, Washington o Brabobly Rollaon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EX _rosuilvy Delisen
OO Was Aircraft
[Le 17 | gota ialor nd aioe CSE LE O Ground-Visudl 0 Ground-Rador O Probobly Aireroft
aur. 03,09922 Ain Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft pir
5. PHOTOS « SOURCE OX XWas Astronomical (4 E 52
0 VYes Q Probobly Astronomical
A Neo Military O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF ORJECTS | 9. COURSE GB Other sadusuiol oi bari Bo slubv,
: O Insufficient Date for Evaluation .
- ; 5 O Unknown
3 seconds one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Large, round, white object, disappeared The earth is passing through a
in a flash. meteoric shower cailed the
Geminids, 2
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975634

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