Harrisburg, Pa., March 1958March 1958

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 Harrisburg, Pa., March 1958 in March 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Harrisburg, Pa., March 1958

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. 1. DATE EE 2. LocaTioN [12. CONCLUSIONS
| : an lo Was Balloon
EL DO: Mar. 53 |Harrisbhurg, Pa, {0 Probably Balicon
pe: EET CO IE Tie A EL it nd es FR RA As LS I CEVA] aden 2 To er eC AR UA RT JE LE Rp SG AES SNES A IS SU [=] ary
4 3. DATE-TiMZ GROUP I TYPE OF OBSERYATION I ei bl ly
4 \ 0 Was Aircraf
1 i | CL | Pirie eae AR SS [Fk Ground- Visual QO CGround-Radar | 0 uh Kal ET
E emt 08/01307 | 0 Air Visual EATS [Ate vient Re dor 0 Possibly Aircraft
3 5, PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 0 ‘Yas Astronomical
3 00 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E B.No biG Lakiitin as 18) OO Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. MUMBER OF CBJECTS i 9. COURSE ClO thersaadcaiioratib os Wiad Sn
Br . C0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
E 0 Unknown
Eo Liman one i | NE ih isc 1
L 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
E Rnd and long obj, resembling a cigar, | Probably a jet a/c w/aiter bur: 3
3 enlor orange, Disappeared in a cloud | on at high alt,
FE bank,
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977338

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-03-01