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Case FileNARA NAID 28979758 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Killeen, TexasSeptember 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 Killeen, Texas in September 1958. 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 33.

Reported location

Killeen, Texas

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION  POuy Sow
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Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
QA ‘ » 2. Lady & od O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TH |
ie org Date for Evaluation
15. seconds one SE |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i |
Gold globe, size of basketball, Insufficient data, Duration rE
moving NW to SE with steady flight indicates rapid flight; however, | 8
; path, gradually disappeared to SE. disappearance called gradual, |
Flight indicates meteor; how- |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979758

Connected across the archive

Places

Killeen, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19581958-09-01

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