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Case FileNARA NAID 28969052 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Herington, KansasMarch 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 Herington, Kansas in March 1957. The full case file (5 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 27.

Reported location

Herington, Kansas

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

KS / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
gE [1 bate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
5 Sh : O Was Balloon
) 3 March 1957 Herington, Kansas o Lisoaty Rlioon
| 13. DATE-TIME GROUP ; k; TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0, Geasily Soli eon
HE a eal time dR BERS be Rial TNE i XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar o | Jan quent
/ GMT. 02/18477Z hat | 0 Air VYisuadl O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireroft
ii 5. PHOTOS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
Aq O Yes o frond Astrenomical
Eo BsNo Civil] ossibly Astronomical |
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Co MH of | RR
4 HX Insufficient Dats for Evaluation
1 { 0. Unknown
§ an known one t 4
| [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i |
# Pre object round, size of silver dollar} Insufficient data, Sighting about CF
color silver, Object was stationary noon, Possibly balloon,
f' bverhead., : |
;: ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
be.
A HERPES (ra ® wid Gt Stal AEE \ 7
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969052

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

HeringtonHerington, KSKansas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-03-01

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