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Case FileNARA NAID 28969846 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Jackson, MississippiMay 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Jackson, Mississippi in May 1957. 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 27.

Reported location

Jackson, Mississippi

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

MS / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Ce PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Was Balloon |
Ewe ay age Jackson Mississippi. fe(Edekably Balleon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2 y Balloon |
: : 3 Wos Aircraft
i OR AO A A Pi 8,Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 3 Probably Aircraft
CMT 07/17257 0 Air-Visuai 0 Air-Intercopt Redor DO Possibly Aircraft
"3, PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical i
To HR CR 0 Possibly Astronomical ,
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE NET I0) 51 pe SER Se
one and straight NW |D%Nasufficient Dota for Evaluation
arm ; PA RT ! PR : i 0 Unknown
10 sec 3 sec 3 in formatioi: I
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four objects - round, 3 objects size Descriptions based on short $
of pea. One object 3 size of pea. Colo: duration, motion and details
latex, Three objects appeared in not sufficient for evaluation,
almost vertical formation in view 10
sec and disappeared in NW. One object
appeared 30 seconds after 1st 3 and
disappeared in the North,
i: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SZP 52)
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