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Case FileNARA NAID 28971683 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Kadena AFB, Okinawa, September 1957September 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 Kadena AFB, Okinawa, September 1957 in September 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 28.

Reported location

Kadena AFB, Okinawa, September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Ae PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : :
1. DATE u : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
7A : 0 Was Balloon
| 20 September 1957 Kadena, AFB, Okinawa O  Probobly Balloon
Ce rT re El |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP : 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
BE Leal 2000. & Qround-Visuel D Ground-Redor 8 Brevenls Merk |
GM 20/ 11057 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS ; . SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes OD Probably Astronomical
Qa No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
"| 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other JNIDENTIRTED
3 \ O Insufficient Dato for Evaluotion
i O Unknown
4 5 to 10 seconds one N to S
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Oval shaped object which glowad like Possibility that object was a
4 a fuorescent light. The object seemed kite or balloon - based on
i indented (like a coke hottle without previous renorts - but will
- a top). The object was slightly bigger carry as unknown pending receipt
F- than a grapefruit, Seemed to vibrate, of further information.
: Gave the impression of translucence, :
i It made four passes foom N to S
3 remaining visible approx 5 to 10 sec
E each time. No sound, ) :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971683

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