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Case FileNARA NAID 28969260 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Oakland, CaliforniaMarch 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 Oakland, California in March 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 27.

Reported location

Oakland, California

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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E .]) oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |

A ; XR Was Balleon |

1 Th Pre GS 7 clan alifornia [a] Probably Balloon

I [a ShTetine ois? 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Balloon _

gy a % 0 Was Aircraft

i pele | XH Gound:Visuel = Sraynd:nedur Q Probably Aircrofs |

h CMT 20/02 927 ; . QO Aj Visual Q Air-Intercapt Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft |

4 8, PHOTOS “18. SOURCE O Wos Astronomical

it O Yes ; 0 Probably Astronomical

i t X& Neo. Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

J n : - - IP TPT vs ST re SE SES SSS

4  % LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 5 $0} {1 7 peste SHE ER I a

4 : 5 Enel : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
SHIN SPI tint... |B Unknown

Ny unknown one | southwesterly

E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY. OF SIGHTING 1] COMMENTS |

‘One: firey orange object moving in a A limited investigation assigned

y Sovuthwssterly direction. Object veal Det 1 on 20 Mar 57 revealed

# |] at an approximate speed of 500-600 MPH{ this sighting to have been caused
ERASE renee by a weather balloon released id
Ra from Oakland airport 22 minutes | | |
4 ale previous to the sighting, |

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BE. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969260

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