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Case FileNARA NAID 28974805 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Galveston, TexasNovember 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 Galveston, Texas in November 1957. The full case file (2 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 30.

Reported location

Galveston, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
11 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Galveston, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 1 1/1008Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[] YES
[] NO

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
North

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very large silver ball moving from south to north at high speed and high altitude. No sound. Appeared to be metallic construction.

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

11. COMMENTS
Probable misidentification of a/c.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974805

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Galveston Weather Bureau

Places

Galveston, TexasGalveston, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

11 November 195719571957-11-01

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