Lynchburg, VirginiaNovember 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 Lynchburg, Virginia in November 1957. The full case file (3 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 29.

Reported location

Lynchburg, Virginia

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

VA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 5 November 1957
2. LOCATION: Lynchburg, Virginia
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon / Probably Balloon / Possibly Balloon / Was Aircraft / Probably Aircraft / Possibly Aircraft / Was Astronomical Aurora / Probably Astronomical / Possibly Astronomical / Was [illegible] / Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
GMT: 06/0137Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkboxes] Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [checkbox] Yes / [checkbox] No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Red object, pointed on each end, 20-30 ft by 200 ft long.

11. COMMENTS: Probably Aurora Borealis.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973171

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