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Case FileNARA NAID 28979169 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Las Vegas, NevadaAugust 1958

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 Las Vegas, Nevada in August 1958. The full case file (5 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 33.

Reported location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

NV / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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i : , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
! O Wes Balloon
0 Probably Balloon i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION "FOU Sem Nn
LOI ii —— XWGround- Visual O Ground-Rodor a ry Rirovele |
i omt_0l 19502 Q Air Visval 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
& No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PO | SR ———
| \ ini Dota for Evaluation
7-8 mins one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS (Obj has characterist ics
Rnd obj shape of balloon, size of rej, of a balloon, Wind direction at
white, appeared to be spinning in a right angles ve ob) flight _
straight line of flight. Obj gave of eq PRDUBS F108, 40 SO8S obj below
| light like a star while hovering, upgn 10,000'. Speed of wind below ij
mdving the light became more intense alt less than 13kt, & only okt
as the speed increased. at 6000', If obj this low it
should have given the appearance
rising. Elev & az did rot indi-
cate this. Obsvation at noon negr
large city. Rpt made on 5 Aug o
; : obj sighted 4 days earlizr, Posgibl
| balloon sighting. Also possible unre iable ryt. Casc insufficient data
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| schedules of additional data.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979169

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