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Case FileNARA NAID 28971182 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Pineville, LouisianaAugust 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 Pineville, Louisiana in August 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 28.

Reported location

Pineville, Louisiana

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 = ; ; SED O Wos Balloon
15 August 19357 | Pineville, Louisiana Dlr Ballvon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Possibly Belloon
O Wos Aircraft
ERR Re SO Se RB Ah HX Ground- Visual DO Ground-Raodar a Probably Alverolt
: a O Ain Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft i
3. PHOTOS SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
BN Civilian O Possibly Astronomical | :
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cn Gao | A 1 ee J
OD Insufficient Dato for Evaluation |
ju. : 4 4 DO Unknown | }
7 minutes one climbing to East | .
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | :
Smooth, egg-shaped, standing on end, Speed, movement and color indicate i
size of basketball, light yellow color|strong possibility of weather }
flashint to white under sunlight, balloon. |
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971182

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