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Case FileNARA NAID 28969530 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Oakton, VirginiaApril 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 Oakton, Virginia in April 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 27.

Reported location

Oakton, Virginia

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

VA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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I. DATE : 2. LOCATION on 12. CONCLUSIONS
i : 0 Wos Boiloon |
11 April 1957 Oakton, Virginia 0 Probably Balloon |
g 0 Possibly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
4 LX Wos Aircraft
lee B Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
CMT 12/02507 : 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Wos Astronomical
0 Yes a] probonly Asiienomiedl ;
. . A D : .
Q No civilian ossibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FRC ORY LEO
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 Unknown
unknown two then cunel sce below
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Two white objects, later merging into | 4 limited investigation conducted |
one, seen making almost a complete by flight 3-D revealed that a 3
: drecle around Washington D.C..Object General Mills owned aircraft (DC-- |
was seen visually, 13) was in the air testing two new
high intensity collision lights-
an experiment, This sighting was
caused by this a/c.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Br TAA ps ke CG ET AER EER i y
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