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Case FileNARA NAID 28969624 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Phoenix, ArizonaApril 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 Phoenix, Arizona in April 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 27.

Reported location

Phoenix, Arizona

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: i 0 Was Balloon
; adc Ape 11957 Phoenix, Arizona 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-THME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ti es slbly Ealieen
, RY) A i 0 Was Aircraft
Ty 0] fr eR SRS UE (ie £} Ground-Visusi OD Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
CMT __— =~ 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0D Probably Astronomical
: O-No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ox :Dther Unive lisbie Rot :
3 O Insufficient Data far Evaluation
1 0 Unknown
}  |'o. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11: [COMMENTS
4 Letter requesting that the "facts' Unreliable report. |
i be published in the case where a
1 missile knocked off part of an air- 3
1 liners wing.
§ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969624

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ArizonaPhoenixPhoenix, AZ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-04-01

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