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Case FileNARA NAID 28972237 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Fort Lauderdale, FloridaOctober 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 Fort Lauderdale, Florida in October 1957. 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 29.

Reported location

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
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