NE of Palm Springs, Calif., April 1958April 1958

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 NE of Palm Springs, Calif., April 1958 in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

NE of Palm Springs, Calif., April 1958

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 I. DATE : aR LO GATION 17. CONCLUSIONS
| i : | ; : ; [oO Was Balloon
5 2 AD AED) od i NE of Palm Spr NEES, cal fi Probabiy Balloon
3 "3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i By Possily Balloon
id es : 3 iD Yas Aircraft
zal iG mund-Visuce PB d-R adc | fas Aiver
- LO Oe LiGeound- Visual 0 Ground-Radar {0 Probably Aircraft
E revi Pa OA RRR AE LAT a Air-Vizual 0 Air-intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS 1 8. SOURCE “| 3 Was Astronomical
= 0 Yes lo Probably Astronomical
3 oI No [ils ivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF ORSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | EIEIO he iit Sena iiarid Sendai boo Bis ils
i ACL Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E li : OO Unknown
5 HES EI ORT Sede RE isE |e OEE Stationary
2 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
gE Yhite ball w/bright red exhaust, Just Insufficient data for proper
EE IT arma ”" . pool a Rated ENO RE ps % 5 A = -
E disappeared attexr § hour, evaluation.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977703

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-04-01