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Case FileNARA NAID 28971588 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSeptember 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 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 28.

Reported location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

PA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

| 1. pate : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

FE O Wos Balloon

9-10 September 1957 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania DO Probably Balloon

I | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 LOR YC an

§ O Was Aircraft

] {by Jean Ri OR CRN RA EL EB round- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft

E GM st el fs a Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercep? Radar O Possibly Aircraft

4 5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE O Wos Astronomicol

3 OYes Physical o Eiohantly ldidihntbig

o 3 RAE D ossibly Astronomico

a Ao Specimens Civilian

4 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BXomer Chaff.

- O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation

1 0 Unknown

3 not rptd multiovle falling

" [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

| Letter to FBI requesting information Evaluated as chaff used in jam-

1 regarding metal foil objects observed [ming radar,

4 falling from the sky.

4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

1 J
1 : ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971588

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