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Case FileNARA NAID 28971133 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

NW of Victoria, TExasAugust 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 NW of Victoria, TExas in August 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

NW of Victoria, TExas

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

TX / 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 {oy
. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 3 ODO Wos Balloon |
A138 QR7 NW i ~ Texas o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Fessibly Belleon
O Was Aircraft
5 OT OS en 00 Su SP AE SG BL RIN XBround- Visual D Ground-Raodar X Probably Aircraft
i GM 12/1627 16272 SH 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aireroft |
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical i
OYes ODO Probably Astronomical
: XX No Civilian ODO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE RL PU ORS
~ = or Oo Basen Dato for Evaluation
: ; , 5]
: 4-5 seconds one SE aT
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Silver object, shape of isosceles Probably a/c with illusion of |
triangle, base approx 1/2 to 1/3 as greater speed due to effects of
long as legs of triangle. Could be trying to observe fast moving |
= covered by golf ball held at arms’ objects through a sky half |
3 length. Small vapor trail, Attn drawn | © covered with clouds and early i
by its high speed, which ‘source des- morning sun's slant rays inter- w
cribed as twice as fast as F-100 serf§ss playing between a/c and clouds, { 1!
a/c, se : |] i !
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971133

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