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Case FileNARA NAID 28977717 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Mesa, ArizonaApril 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Mesa, Arizona in April 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 32.

Reported location

Mesa, Arizona

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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b 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ie TYPE OF OBSERVATION HR Ba EOT
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4 GM 1. 09/02457 PAs) 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar BX Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS t 8 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
i C Yes OU Probably Astronomical
Ek No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I'3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ao} | TY A ri A NT SY Bre
& I 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
bE [ge len 0 Unknown
EF 10 secs | one cimbing to SW
; plated EA SAB) FIR SNE Dr er BE OA Si I el 1020 00, 2 8 SAUD J A Ble ES EI ENC EA SS
io 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i: COMMENTS
4 Oblong, ciagar shaped obj (lights only Obj could possibly be an a/c.
gE {could be seen), size of grapefruit.
: Orange lights, rectangular shaped,
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E ATIC FORM 318 (RZV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977717

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