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Case FileNARA NAID 28968918 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TexasFebruary 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 Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas in February 1957. The full case file (5 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

Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 5 Randolph AFB O Was Balloon
3 8 February 1957 San Antonio, Texas g Rrckasly Balieon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sm een
: Chel cole os ol Se Greinds Visual D Ground-Radar a be |
y ceMT__ 09/0250 XAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircrait
. 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Me tezor
; QO Yes Gareasiy Afrsnemiegl
4 Bin Jogl ossi stronomicol
1 HXNe military y
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O DMeyct a |
Er 0 insuificient Dete for Evaluation ;
fl Rt x i O Unknown
0-10 seconds one NW to SE
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1%. COMMENTS |
A One object, round size from pea to Probably a meteor,
1 basketball, Color bright white. No ;
E source, Some observers saw tail others :
a didn't, Object flew Straight & level, :
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3 i ! |
i |
J. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968918

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