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Case FileNARA NAID 28975920 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Laramie, WyomingDecember 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 Laramie, Wyoming in December 1957. The full case file (2 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

Laramie, Wyoming

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

WY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Laramie, Wyoming

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 0525 MST
GMT 08/23252

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

5. PHOTOS
[Checkbox] Yes
[Checkbox] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 second

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
not given

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Object believed to be meteorite reported sighting was for one second. Object was very bright, at very high altitude and had tremendous speed.

11. COMMENTS
Undoubtedly meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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