Red Springs, N.C., May 1958May 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 Red Springs, N.C., May 1958 in May 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Red Springs, N.C., May 1958

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

YET LAR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD id
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Wos Balloon
Ea easd 0 Red Sppinpsi NGC oF Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
Ey J Tomy mle to CC AOE PE As RGround- Visual : 0 Ground-Radar a SOIC Opr
CNY ROR a ABipggulax S po Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XIX No | Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DO Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 ¢ 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Six lights, located in 3 pairs at the | Refuel Operation,
‘lpoints of an imaginary inverted equidip-
tant triangle, size of an a/c, white.
Observed at 30 deg elev 315 deg azi-
muth. Dbjs moved to 35 Deg elev 115 deg
: azimuth, Stayed in formation.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978258

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-05-01