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Case FileNARA NAID 28969014 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Omaha, NebraskaFebruary 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 Omaha, Nebraska in February 1957. The full case file (3 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

Omaha, Nebraska

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

NE / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
2.7 February 1957               Omaha, Nebraska              [ ] Yes Balloon
3. DATE/TIME GROUP                                            [ ] Probably Balloon
GMT 28/0332Z              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [ ] Possibly Balloon
5. PHOTOS                    [X]Ground-Visual              [ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Yes                        [ ] Ground-Radar             [ ] Probably Aircraft
6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION    [ ] Air-Visual                [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5 minutes                    [ ] Air-Intercept Radar      [ ] Was Astronomical
7. SOURCE                  5. SOURCE                       [ ] Probably Astronomical
Civilian                  Civilian                         [ ] Possibly Astronomical
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS    9. COURSE                       [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
one                      North                            [ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING           11. COMMENTS
One object, Round, size head of pin,    Probable a/c sighting.
color white, blinking - wx cloud
banks and hazy. Straight flight to
North. Disappeared by fading.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969014

Connected across the archive

Organizations

29TH ADIV GAFB GRANDVIEW MO789TH ACW SQ OAFS OMAHA NEBRADC ENT AFB COLOATIC WP OHIOCADF GRANDVIEW MODIR OF INTELL HQ USAF WASH DC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

NebraskaOmahaOmaha, NEOmaha, Nebraska

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-02-01February 1957February 27, 1957

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