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Case FileNARA NAID 28975560 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Marietta, GeorgiaDecember 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 Marietta, Georgia in December 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 31.

Reported location

Marietta, Georgia

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 December 1957
2. LOCATION: Mariotta, Georgia
12. CONCLUSIONS
   - Was Balloon
   - Probably Balloon
   - Possibly Balloon
   - Was Aircraft
   - Probably Aircraft
   - Possibly Aircraft
   - Was Astronomical
   - Probably Astronomical
   - Possibly Astronomical
   - Other
   - Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   - Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT: 01/2350Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
   X Ground-Visual    - Ground-Radar
   - Air-Visual       - Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 30 to 40 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: S/W

10. DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: Cigar shaped object, 25 to 30 ft long. Flame of light bright light on front and back. Traveling very fast.

11. COMMENTS: The observer probably saw an a/c, but was influenced by reports of other sightings.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975560

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Organizations

DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE 35 TH AIR DIVISION

Places

GeorgiaKennesaw, Ga.Marietta, GAMarietta, Georgia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

01/2350Z19571957-12-011 December 1957

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