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Case FileNARA NAID 28976982 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Hortense, GeorgiaFebruary 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 Hortense, Georgia in February 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Hortense, Georgia

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

GA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
1 Se AC PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 1. DATE P LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Vos Balloon
BE 3 Feb 58 | Hortense, Georgia Bia Ean
pe 3. DATE-TIME GROLP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a Sou
FE Egat ie the LE *DKGround- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 2 aca Glider
if nn AL E { 7
i GMT 03/14007 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireroft
4 5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE oO Was Nerversmizal
E O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
1 BNo Sa aay 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (0) 11) dhe Ap BS) EA 1 Rear
Ee | 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluction
Ee g 0 Unknown
4 not: stated one ry SR hai
5 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
9 Letter describing light plane or No propellor, no noise, & the
4 ‘lglider ¢ rossing In front of observer'§ brass objs under the wings are
EE car at alt of 300-500 ft, descending consistent w/the analysis of
4 vo. 50-75" & levelling off. No prop- a glider, which is the term used |
E €iior, Speed about 100 mph. Objs by the observer. Flight & speeds
: under wings. color light y2llow or conform to this conclusion as
: greg in color, No noise, wells
5 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
E AL
vi 3 £ : . . : .
4 . “
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976982

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