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Case FileNARA NAID 29000352 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Louisiana, Arkansas, TexasMarch 1963

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 Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas in March 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas

Date of incident

March 1963

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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[3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

| E O Wos Balloon

. 6 March 1963 Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas = Brobatly Balloon

: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dy td dh

4 br EE He a Ser Ey XX Ground- Vi sual 2xGround-Rador a Probably. Airerafr

1 ae 06/16377Z RX Air Vi sual 6; Aly Intevaspy Radar O Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE BX Was AstronomicalMeteor

i Q Yes 0 Bisbenty Asiana eal

fi aE Si ard D Possi t i

be XXNo Military & Civilia ossibly Astronomica

EE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fa] CEMAT RE A) SAN
A O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E O Unknown

Coa RRR OR A CCR I 1 RE | Ch an 1 DR NOR
vi 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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3 1637Z Barksdale AFB, Louisisna, from Meteor penetrated NAVSPASUR
i two. Light a/c and SAC bomber, fense at 06,/1638:197.
1637%, 1640Z Radar site at Eldorado
- Arkansas two airmen observed flash,

E 16372 two airline pilots observed

4 flush in vicinity of LakesCharles
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1638Z BAC B-52 pilot in vicinity of
2 Dallas Texas observed bright flash,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000352

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