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Case FileNARA NAID 28969424 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Reseda, CaliforniaMarch 1957

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 Reseda, California in March 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 27.

Reported location

Reseda, California

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
0 Wos Balloon i
D2 Na ren { O57 Reseda ( 2 1 i fo rn ia 0 Probably Balloon i
g ETE D Possibly Balloon :
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
: FE Ra <5 Vi i 0 Was Aircraft To
Eee ZX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft |
CMT aad fo Oa 2 Ai~Visudl 0 Air-Intercapt Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
i i O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Tee B:Ne ; dvi lian 0D Possibly Astronomical 1
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ?. COURSE 00 ORE: ead Sahl
CT : @:¢ Insufficient Date for Evaluation i
‘ i { ; : 0° Unknown {
3 to 5 minutes one stationary
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object cigar shaped approximatedy |Star Capella (mag 0,2) in position} 3
give olf ‘DOIG at 1000 to 1600 fr Alt of sighting. No accounting for the | y
surrounded by an elliptical light w/ disappearance. Atmospheric condi- |
lenzth radus of 15 times and a width tions could account for the brighty
radius 3 times as long. Color bright ness, However associated data lacki
cnolden core of object : yellow "ling ‘and case considered as insuffi} |
flickering color 5 times brighter ten cient data, :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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| YATE RRHG ATTEN Gan nadia . .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969424

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