Olympic National Park, Wash., October 1958October 1958

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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 Olympic National Park, Wash., October 1958 in October 1958. 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 34.

Reported location

Olympic National Park, Wash., October 1958

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS : 2
: SRN Fr pasts grass i ET i DO Was Balloon i
37 0ctober i ivoE Clympic Heotional Fark, Wash,O Probably Balloon £
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D- Ressilily Bolloon i
E | [eee ee 1 Giound- Visual O Ground-Rodar = rd SEER 2
= L057 R77 = pd 3
& GMT 18 A 052 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft : :
: 5. PHOTOS — | 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical Capella i
; a Yes 5 BX Probably Astronomica H
E : ao Civilian |D Possibly Astronomical : 1
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~~ | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BeOthate eos oar) 3
: 2 . D lnsufficient Data for Evaluation é E
: DO Unknown So
. stationary, sti vis stati § :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS ; i i
Round, orange-red obj, brightening Investigation indicates possi-
& dimming. Twice the size of bility of obj being star Capellg,
neighboring stars, which is visible during time of :
obsvation & in same quadrant, :
; ) 2
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : : :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980635

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-10-01