Northern California, August 1957August 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 Northern California, August 1957 in August 1957. The full case file (6 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

Northern California, August 1957

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
3 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 OO Was Balloon
4 2 yernist 1957 Northern California 0 Probably Chet
b 3. DATE-TIME GROUP & TYPE OF CBSERVATION BL ERSmY Sunoen
4 local | CGrund-Visdl 0 Ground-Rodar 8 Borbetis Rivesals
3 E CMT 03/14457 { QO Air Visual BlAirIntercept Rodar | 3 Possibly Alreraft
E 5. PHOTOS 8. SCURCE ir 0 Wos Astronomical
= 0 Yes 1 Probobly Astronomical
3 No VE og 0 Possibly Astronomical
4 {7. LENGTH OF OBSZRVATION { 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FOC Othey OS a4D2M 1 TOP
EE ! | 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
b | 0 lrknown
b our 10 miautss | ong | NW EAR Arti Frais
gf fe. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ba COMMENTS
3 | yject picked up on radar and became | Possible explanation is anamo-
1 skinpaint. Object observed contin- lous propogation,
BT v until a/c made a right turn. | :
E | 3s 1ddenly made a turn to NW at high
4 ‘ata oi speed resulting in loss of i !
| at ar iles, Object was resighjted
3 { H ‘ - ni H 2S ’ oSedqg * a J i stance oO f 3
a | 3} ang tisw Ara 31 with the ale, | |
FE rt lost sg stance of 15 miles),
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fF ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 57)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971006

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-08-01