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Case FileNARA NAID 28972420 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Fall City, TexasOctober 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 Fall City, Texas 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

Fall City, Texas

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

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                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
23 October 1957                  Fall City, Texas               [] Probably Aircraft
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                                              [] Probably Balloon
                              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION          [] Probably Satellite
GMT 24/0053Z                   [X] Ground-Radar              [X] Was Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        [] Air-Visual                [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes                           [] Air-Intercept Radar       [] Possibly Aircraft
[X] No
6. SOURCE                       [] Was Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        Civilian                    [] Probably Astronomical
                               8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
[] Possibly Astronomical
two minutes                    three                straight
[] Other
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING        11. COMMENTS
                                  
Three round bluish-orange objects  Description, duration, flight
the size of a pea at arm's length. path indicates that this sighting
Object was seen on a straight flight was probably caused by aircraft.
path and was in sight for two min-
utes.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 57)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972420

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