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Case FileNARA NAID 28974300 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Lafayette, LouisianaNovember 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 Lafayette, Louisiana in November 1957. The full case file (4 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 30.

Reported location

Lafayette, Louisiana

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TS |
«0 % ¥ 0 Was Aircroft
Loeol RT pa x0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircroft :
GMT 09/15107 0 Air Visuodl O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE , ~~ |O Was Astronomicol bE
Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical 3
a No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE SR Bs RON \
O Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
A ’ : 0 Unknown :
ul oO minutes GRRL oan 3 TAL IOnA RY :
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
Round object, 7 inches in diameter. opecular reflection of vallioon
: Appearance of silver dollar, very bright, launched from nearby area and { |
Stationary and just seemed to fade away caught by sun's rays. Winds fm
: NW to SE.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974300

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