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Case FileNARA NAID 28973307 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

N. Atlantic Ocean, November 1957November 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 N. Atlantic Ocean, November 1957 in November 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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

N. Atlantic Ocean, November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
4 November 1957

2. LOCATION
N. Atlantic Ocean

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible] / GMT 07/0114C Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[Checkbox] Ground-Visual Sideband
[Checkbox] Ground-Radar
[Checkbox] Air-Visual
[Checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[Checkbox] Yes

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
2

9. COURSE
North in East West Direction [illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS
[Checkbox] Was Balloon
[Checkbox] Probably Balloon
[Checkbox] Possibly Balloon
[Checkbox] Was Aircraft
[Checkbox] Probably Aircraft
[Checkbox] Possibly Aircraft
[Checkbox] Was Astronomical Aurora
[Checkbox] Probably Astronomical
[Checkbox] Possibly Astronomical
[Checkbox] Other
[Checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[Checkbox] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two bright red areas in sky, clear atmosphere. A little arc from south lying in east west direction.

11. COMMENTS
Aurora borealis. Very prominent this year.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973307

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Project 10073

Places

N. Atlantic Ocean

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-01November 4, 1957

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