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Case FileNARA NAID 28970491 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Newport Beach, CaliforniaJuly 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 Newport Beach, California 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

Newport Beach, California

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

CA / 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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§ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: L : ; Gr ice O Was Balloon
; 13 Talv 1957 Newport Beach, California o Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellen _
1 7 REI Se fe AOR 11 St @ Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 8 BravaMty Alves A
oMT_ 14701372 0 Air Visuol 0 Alrintereopt Reader 0 Possibly Aircraft
~ | 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE BX Was Astronemicel Meteor
A 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 “0 No Civilian 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SEE oT) TE SE a
3 | O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
r Go 0 Unknown
3-dseconds one | southwest 3
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING pe COMMENTS
| 4 round, light yellow object was sighted Sighting at dusk evaluated as
due north traveling very fast in a S [ metaor,
3 direction, |
] |
3
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
FE 9 . . .
7 : ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970491

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaNewport BeachNewport Beach, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-07-01

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