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Case FileNARA NAID 28977486 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Modoc Point, OregonMarch 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 Modoc Point, Oregon in March 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Modoc Point, Oregon

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
17 Mar 58

2. LOCATION
Modoc Point, Oregon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 1/2110Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 sec.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd. obj., size of house, w/a tail. Brht trail. Color prior to explosion was pale white. At time of explosion yellow flame, red & bluish-black flashes were seen w/the yellow color being most prominent. Subsequent to explosion obj again appeared pale white & heading SW.

11. COMMENTS
Probably a fireball.

[Conclusions section with checkboxes for various evaluation options]

AFC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977486

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Organizations

AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTERCHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE USAFGOCHAMILTON AFBWINGSLEY FIELD

Craft and vessels

F-104

Places

Modoc Point, ORModoc Point, OregonOregon

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

17 Mar 5819581958-03-011 March 1958

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