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Case FileNARA NAID 28980957 · T1206 Roll 34

Project Blue Book Case File

Poteau, OklahomaNovember 1958

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 Poteau, Oklahoma in November 1958. The full case file (6 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 34.

Reported location

Poteau, Oklahoma

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

OK / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
ix HARB a ct ape ower on — . Np—— : 0
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
} SH ; ! 0 Wos Balloon
CE QV END DE od : VOLE a Okiahoma 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF OBSERVATION FiLh Rossiely Bellgon
- Ro A £1 Was Aircraft
Eazal —— £ Glavng vigvg) wy D Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
GMT ET, 0 Aid NI Q Air-Viswol 7 7 74 70 Air-Intercept Radar L Possibly Aircraft Babs 8 i a
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0° Was Astronomico! | |
4 0O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
C'No Civilin: 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FIRE Bt he phar SSB Latae ty wid dalle al
511i1l1 in sicoht 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluction :
i le 1 EBON 9 y 0 Unknown
LO=12 minutes Ga dg eS Wael TI Te AN vie WRT eb of 1 vi || s AE
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 ound 0401 rea on Lop, graesn ou NO azimuth ziven. Believed to
Dot Eon, white or purplish in middle, be star or planet by witness 2
moving. sot erratically, Initial other observers.
é obsvation 20dgxy disappeared at bodzr
elev winds fm 300d4gr to 310dgr,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
- gas x ation a a RRR a AE Chl RT ’
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