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Case FileNARA NAID 28971449 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Oklahoma City, OklahomaAugust 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 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in August 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 28.

Reported location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

OK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
Ro
] J PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 [X XWas Balloon
1 27 August 1957 Oklahoma €ity, Oklahoma 0 Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION HL FORME Eee |
: l O Wos Aircraft
i Leal nc a esl #XGround-Visuol O Ground-Radar 0 Probekly Alrerefy
E ont. 28/00452 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
3 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PE SRE A NRO
: DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- z A DO Unknown
; 7 to 8 minutes one straight up
10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A round silver or sluminum object the [WX balloons are released through-
size of a half dollar was seen climb- out U,S, at approximately 0000Z.
3 ing straight up in a hovering, circu-
4 lar motion.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971449

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