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Case FileNARA NAID 28975789 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Oceana NAS, VirginiaDecember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Oceana NAS, Virginia in December 1957. The full case file (5 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

Oceana NAS, Virginia

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

VA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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; { PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD baa
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: ; : 0 Was Balloon
5 December 1957 Oceana NAS, Virginia 0 Reabanly Palteon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION rosy balloon
O Was Aircraft
| re EAI SEE A AN hh SRSA Blume O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
omy 06/02207 ig o Ait sual O Air-Intercept Radar |© Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . § [+ 0X Was Astronomical (Stav/plan
1 OVYes O Probably Astronomical 21)
s0:No Military DO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (2 fl 1) sry pe Ra VAS LAE
(m] iri cient Dota for Evaluation
: ji [m) nknown
8 hrs 20 minutes one stationary .
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Round, very small object, green, with Observers probably saw a star
red flashing light. “irst appeared to or planet, No positional data
be stationary and turning counter given, Exact object not deter-
clockwise, Later appearvcd to be slowly mined, -
moving wway from observer, Object
disappeared from sight with the coming
of dawn
1)
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) ha :
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