govweird/archive
Case FileNARA NAID 28976137 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Oak Harbor, WashingtonDecember 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 Oak Harbor, Washington in December 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 31.

Reported location

Oak Harbor, Washington

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
i a TN ST A RE PN Pret es ake do .
po mins PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ansa?
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
13 December 1957 Oak Harbor, Washington O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
ol 0 Was Aircroft |
py pp a LO end NA IR SO XGround- Visual O Ground-Radar P robably Airer oft
cmMT14/04352 O Air Visual O AirIntercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XONo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (a JY 3 {, 7) ire EA VARA HIRE 25d (AREY
a Durie ent Dota for Evaluation
2 minutes one not gven id /
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Fireball bright object, could be seen The object observed was probably
between clouds, a jet a/c, .
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
g ‘
5%
Pies aR CS Ana ahs FATE AREER SE TIC
/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976137

Connected across the archive

Related case files