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Case FileNARA NAID 28976025 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Lake City, Tenn, December 1957December 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 Lake City, Tenn, December 1957 in December 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 31.

Reported location

Lake City, Tenn, December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-797-57

1. DATE
12 Dec 57
10 Jan 58

2. LOCATION
Lake City, Tenn

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
12/0000Z Dec 57

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

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Forty-one minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
Descending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object, painted on radar, seen gradually descending for 41 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with Reporting Officer that this was probably a balloon.

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976025

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Organizations

95TH ADIADCATICCOMDR 294GTH AACSRON WPAFBHQ USAF

Places

Lake City, TennWayne, Michigan

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

11 December 195712 Dec 5719571957-12-01

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