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Case FileNARA NAID 28970231 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Portsmouth, VirginiaJune 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 Portsmouth, Virginia in June 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

Portsmouth, Virginia

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

VA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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E PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

1 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

p J Was Balloon

: 11 June 1957 Portsmouth, Virginia OQ Probably Bolleon

3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Liles Arias

4 \ . 0 Was Aircraft

3 A R:Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar 0X Probably Aircraft

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1 GMT __LL1/<99. 1 /23395 os O AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical

E O Yes O Probobly Astronomical

E oO" Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical

1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CELL RS
E SW then turn|O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 1( ¢ Ee “7710 Unknown

: 10 minutes one NNW

3 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 ne obja2ct, flat disk--color silver-- Probably a/c.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970231

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