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Case FileNARA NAID 28977991 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Long Beach, Calif., April 1958April 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 Long Beach, Calif., April 1958 in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Long Beach, Calif., April 1958

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i 1. DATE 12. LOCATION [a CONCLUSIONS

is 1 Was Balloon

i )° Ary HR | T.one Bea! ; nif. 1 Probably Balioon

A Ie 5. SUISSE Sey EB vn eg RETA Pe {RTE A a, NA A ee es bela [= py

] 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1, Fessinly, Botlooh

3 | 0 Was Ai f

IE. 3 a “Visto O Ground-Radc L as Aircraft

: IY pU———————— i Ground-Visucl Ground-Redar 2 Probably Aircraft )
b CRT EZ ah) ATU sun 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft {
| 5. PHOTOS fis SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

| O Yes ! 0 Probably Astronomical

| SNe es vilian 0 Possibly Astronomical

a. ee Ln Rd ELC BE er re ry TE

I 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
i i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i: = | ; } ee 0 Unknown

I hE two stationary

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E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 dtar shaped obj, s ize of half gallop Without elevation or azimu Lh

3 Fogar. bright red. Two, side by side. an analysis cannot be made .

E One obj remained the same size & tne

4 other would vary. Sound varied fm

i loud to dim groaning.

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