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Case FileNARA NAID 28975239 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Globe, ArizonaNovember 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 Globe, Arizona in November 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 31.

Reported location

Globe, Arizona

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                     12. CONCLUSIONS
   25 November 1957                 Globe, Arizona                   [] Balloon
                                                                      [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [] Possibly Balloon
   Local                           [X] Ground-Visual                 []
   00/10/1957                      [] Air-Visual                     [] Was Aircraft
                                   [] Ground-Radar                   [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                          [] Air-Intercept Radar            [] Possibly Aircraft
   [] Yes                       6. SOURCE
   [X] No                          Civilian                       9. COURSE
                                                                      [X] Other-Sputnik II
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION                                             [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   3 minutes                    8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS    [] Unknown
                                   One
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  9. COURSE                11. COMMENTS
    Round orange object, size of dime.  South East              Sputnik two.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975239

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Organizations

PROJECT 1073

Places

ArizonaGlobe, ArizonaGlobe, AZ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-0125 November 1957

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