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Case FileNARA NAID 28970846 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Las Cruces, New MexicoJuly 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 Las Cruces, New Mexico in July 1957. The full case file (6 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 28.

Reported location

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
| : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD !
I. DATE 2. LOCATION | 1a. CONCLUSIONS
] lo Wos Balloon
3 28 July 1857 Las Cruces, New Mexico a Probably Bealicon
DT Rr SEEES——————ES ESSE PU — H
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BL. FURS DIO
i : p Fi O Was Aircraft
| Lacs! Ce Q Ground- Visual O Ground-Radaer O Probably Aircraft
cMTZY AVE1i1eyA O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS : 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
B No Yivilian | Possibly Astronomical
“7. LENGTH OF G3SEAVATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OX Ores inreliahle Rot
lo Insufficiant Cota for Evaluation
£ fa EE Ra a i = 10 Unknown
CU TR RG ERT] (RCRA LL oS CA GAL 8 rink clit be esviobodciod ANSE UR id
10. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING fr. COMMENTS |
oe round white yject, Object moved | Unrelia : a { Cas !
on a Straight flight path moving E13 J 195
| st-southeast., Object was seen i
| visually for five to six minutes. {
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 322 51)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970846

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