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Case FileNARA NAID 28971187 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Myrtle Creek, OregonAugust 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 Myrtle Creek, Oregon in August 1957. The full case file (4 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 28.

Reported location

Myrtle Creek, Oregon

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i [rT oa%e 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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IE y . >, O Was Balloon
i ) QR. Anon 157 Mvrtle Creek, Oregon O Probably Balloon
~ | 3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tne Eee
pax P O Was Aircraft
| Lec xGround-Visuol BX  O Ground-Radar Q Probably Airerofs
4 : CEN A FE 15 [0 A Se SA O AirVisudl ~~ 0 Air-intercept Rador QO Possibly Aircrait
i S$. PHOTOS SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
DiNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RE THERE Ee NPD Le SO
i eh Data for Evaluation
FE safe five minutes one Southeast [9 Unknow
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One black object with a ball of fire Goc observer with 2 witnesses
x at each end, Object was seen moving to | saw object. Pilot in area could
; the SE and a sound of aircraft was not see anything, Case classed
heard, An a/c was tracked which cor- as insufficient data,
related with object. However, a/c
: was moving NE. Pilot of this a/c con-
:'2 ~4 tacted and he reported that he saw
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