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Case FileNARA NAID 28977490 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Ogallala, NebraskaMarch 1958

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Summary

The OCR quality of this case file is too degraded to support a reliable summary. While the cover sheet indicates three separate sightings of a cigar or blimp-shaped object near Ogallala, Nebraska, in March 1958, the bulk of the detailed narrative pages (particularly pages 4 through 8, which appear to contain the core investigative findings) are nearly illegible in the scanned text provided. Key details about witness statements, timing, maneuvers, and the Air Force's analysis cannot be accurately extracted or translated for a general audience.

The full case file, comprising 12 pages as held by the National Archives on microfilm T1206, Roll 32, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Ogallala, Nebraska

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

NE / US

Page count

12 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 12
Transcribed text
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B | GM ro d8X 17307, LOAD, LOD Yd CZ AirVisual 0 Air-lntercept Radar I Possibly Aircraft
% | 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE iT Was Astronomical
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| a No | Civilian Elias cid tronomical |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977490

Connected across the archive

Places

NebraskaOgallala, NE

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19581958-03-01

Roles

general

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