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Case FileNARA NAID 28969406 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Renton, WashingtonMarch 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 Renton, Washington in March 1957. The full case file (3 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

Renton, Washington

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2-26-57 March 1957

2. LOCATION
Renton, Washington

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
our 2/2030Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[checkbox] Ground-Visual [checkbox] Ground-Radar
[checkbox] Air-Visual [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[checkbox] Yes
[X] No

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
STAT'L /AD SIGHT
30 minutes

7. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two hovering lights seen drifting east. Objects were still in sight after 30 minutes when the report was turned in.

8. SOURCE
Civilian

9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
TWO

10. COURSE
Easterly

11. COMMENTS
A limited investigation assigned to flight 1-1 in 1952 AFSS revealed that this sighting was caused by a balloon.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[checkbox] Probably Balloon
[checkbox] Possibly Aircraft
[checkbox] Probably Aircraft
[checkbox] Possibly Aircraft
[checkbox] Was Astronomical
[checkbox] Probably Astronomical
[checkbox] Possibly Astronomical
[checkbox] Other
[checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969406

Connected across the archive

Organizations

25AD (D) MOCHORD AFB WASH25TH CADD MOCHORD ATB WASHADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGSAFSSAIR TECH INTEL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIOWash State Patrol

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Maple Valley HighwayRentonRenton, WARenton, WashingtonSquah Mt.Washington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-03-012-26-57March 1, 1957

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