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Case FileNARA NAID 28969977 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Oklahoma, City, OklahomaMay 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 May 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 27.

Reported location

Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

OK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Was Balloon
3 23 Mav 1987 Oklahoma,City, Oklahoma 0 Probably Balloon
1g par ET Te FoR es ROT Gin se ee A ee Be SE TE eee 1 Possi bl b 4 Balloon
k 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ft
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7 ligey| msi isnt XX Ground- Visual 0 Gvound-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
i i EEA PASE ETN : 00 Probably Aircraf?
1 omy 28/0630 0730 7 “0° Air- Vi sua O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft :
8 HEHE Ey (TST oh SR me eee ne LL eI SIS BRT ING ddr 2 §
1 5. PHOTOS or SOURCE ~ 2 hans OX Was Astronomical MCL EOT
! Yes Civilians 0 Probably Astronomical
i 2KNo tower Operator & Avline pilotdD Possibly Astronomical
EST EE Ne een PEL MER GRD ANE PILOT:
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 11d 0} 1 TH RR Re US NN RR
0 0 Insufficiant Data for Evaluation :
0 Unknown
4 three secnnds one
4 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 One object round, size of baseball, colpr
: bluish green, object looked like it Sighting characteristic of
FE lit on moveable obj & aplit into two meteors. Viewed over wide
3 segments and fell straight to eardh. area, Poth ground and air
4 sighting. :
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969977

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