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Case FileNARA NAID 28970646 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Near Waupun, WisconsinJuly 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 Near Waupun, Wisconsin 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 Waupun, Wisconsin

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

WI / 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
3 : ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
E | 1. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 5 : 0 Was Balloon
19 July 1957 Near Waupun, Wisconsin a Br Bore
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION USL 2 Bd
1 = ? Z 0 Wos Aircraft
ETT fn dt a ne oh SN MCR SE (Eee DX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Probobly Airerelt
3 q ( / H
oMT___19/2202Z 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aireralt
| 5. PROTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
1 O Yes Filter Center O Probobly Astronomical
i “DNe Civilian & Military Sk Ke dn
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE nn Re SR SE Ee HN Hy
1 QZ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
] : 0 Unknown .
1 12 seconds one North
10. BRIE® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| A small oval white object was seen Duration and speed of boj indicat
40 dgr above horizon where a jet meteor sighting; however, sight
4 | a/c was circling. No tail or exhaust ing during day. Insufficicient
} | observed at 40 dgr elevation in daca for analysis,
B | North Disappeared to N in 12 seconds.
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970646

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