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Case FileNARA NAID 28983255 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Offutt AFB, NebraskaMay 1959

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 Offutt AFB, Nebraska in May 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Offutt AFB, Nebraska

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

NE / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i ge a eee ICE Ce Chl ee ER em et Jel Ts
Te DANE i LOCATION He CONCLUSIONS
|
; | Was Balloon |
¢ \ \ = Probably Balloon |
EE SO er ieee A er Ee Ee TY 0 Possibly Be loc
ti 3 DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1 ‘PosstelyiBalieon
f 1 Was Aircraf
Local Btu Ra He [w] Ground-VYisuol 8] Ground-Radar 2 p des Arent
GMT Lis Mi fee ea | 0 Air Visual 1 Air-Intarcept Radar 1% Possibly Aircraft
¥ PHOTOS 8. SOURCE {a Was Astronomical
0 Yes IO Probably Astronomical
4 - s3ik F st icc
i C No al : 0 Possibly Astronomi al
7. LENGTH o} OBSERVATION 8. MUMBER OF CBJECTS | 9. COURSE go Other ———— et
| 0 Insufficien? Data for Evaluation
J 0 Unknown
a oe eal Be EE ROR Ee pays fo
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
CoE RE.
: ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983255

Connected across the archive

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Places

NebraskaOffutt AFB, NE

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-05-01

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