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Case FileNARA NAID 28973994 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Radium Springs, NMNovember 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 Radium Springs, NM in November 1957. 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 30.

Reported location

Radium Springs, NM

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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\ OAT .: ) Mr J] 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS © © |
~S-Dse-5¢ Radium Springe, NM O Was Balloon
OQ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
O Wes Aircraft
07/0%502 Nov 57 & Ground-Visvel Q Ground-Reder Q Probably Aircraft
O AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
O Yes Probably Astronomical
& No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BR TO
Ten minutes One Op snd iste 6 |B Uarioem Ore for Evaluation
cloud bank |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
~~ | One round red, green, blue and white object of wit Bpére) 5. (Les dhat
the size of a quarter at arm's length. Object oe jen tiag\woe ere ep ny
was seen moving straight up and into a cloud :
and was #n sight for 10 minutes. ilidey
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) ; A |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973994

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