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Case FileNARA NAID 28971794 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Perrin AFB, TexasSeptember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Perrin AFB, Texas in September 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 29.

Reported location

Perrin AFB, Texas

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 4 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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i [LA ALTA LTT AR 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Rodor | © Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS : . SOURCE O Weas Astronomicol 3
O Yes O Probably Astronomical ]
X&X No Military DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CAR Re A
o hone Date for Evaluation
10 - 20 minutes seven SW on | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Seven round objects, size of silver Aero chart shows flight path in i
| dollar, bright orange to amber, ; rptd direction to Dallas, probably
nebulous gaseous appearance, Objs a/c,
moved fm North to Southwest, No
maneuvering, Disappeared as a light :
1 going out, : |
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971794

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Perrin AFBPerrin AFB, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-09-01

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