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Case FileNARA NAID 28970808 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Near Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GAJuly 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Near Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA in July 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

Near Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1." DATE : : 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
26: Inly 195% Near Dobbins AFR, Marietta, (8 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION t  Tassitly Belloen
N5812 FoT :
FE a A ea WE MR » Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar o Bibokly Roverefs
GMT. 28 ‘iQ . O Air~Visuvol 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PNOT0S | 3. SOURCE O Was Astronomical 0
0 Yes 01 "Probably Astronomicol
ART EF i : S ; & Pp % :
Q Mo ; filita y Air Nation p & ossibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF C2SERv ATION 1 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LE RSM a
i \ Rl [0 Insufficient Dota far Evaluation
3 | Situs Bere |G Unknown
15 = 20 secs ons § 08 0h ke SIRS SPT 2% Fis
10. SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING {1 COMMENTS {
Orange, ball-shaped tail observed If irly |
vy on horizon (20 dgrs) estimated | Desc ptio ) 3j has
4 - 20 miles away, Appeared to | genera characteristics o i i
travel from N to S, Covering distance meteor, 4
in. less -than #5 minute, Flight path | ]
straight, 2n vanished by burning
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970808

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