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Case FileNARA NAID 28972294 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Lackland AFB, TexasOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Lackland AFB, Texas in October 1957. The full case file (3 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 29.

Reported location

Lackland AFB, Texas

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
18 October 1957

2. LOCATION
Lackland AFB, Texas

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[X]Other, Prob Rocket
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 18/1124Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X]Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
South

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
30 to 45 seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round white object the size of a pin at arm's length. Object was seen heading south and was in sight for 30 to 45 seconds.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with reporting officer that this sighting was probably caused by a rocket.

(No report in file found in 1968 file)

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972294

Connected across the archive

People

DAVID B. STIDHAM JR. CAPT. 741ST. AC/W SQDN (DIRECTOR)DONALD E. WILEYEDWIN L. DAVIS S/SGT. 741ST. AC/W SQDN. (CREW CHIEF)

Organizations

33 ADIV OKCTY AF STA OKLA741 ACURON LACKLAND AFB TEXADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADOAIR TECHNICAL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIODIRECTOR OF INTELL HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC

Places

Lackland AFB, TexasLackland AFB, TXSan AntonioTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1 3'5718 October 195719571957-10-0121/2340Z OCT

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