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Case FileNARA NAID 28969490 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Rhinelander, WisconsinApril 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 Rhinelander, Wisconsin in April 1957. The full case file (4 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

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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den PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
- 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ie LAO 0 Yas Balloon
Su April. 1957 Rhinelander, Wisconsin D Probably Balloon |
| 13. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GQ. hesably eetioen |
Vv .Vi i O Was Aircraft i
: Ele ie & Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft
i La 10/ 04157 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroft
: 5. PHOTOS ; é. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical ST al :
0 Yes [IX Probably Astronomical
oO No Civilian OQ Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oo 1TH Ree oS SN :
; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i 1 / ne 3 Unknown
; 45 minutes one rising
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One oval shaped white object, white Concur with reporting officer that 8
with red and green lights, Object this sighting was probably caused
was seen in the SSW poriton of the sky|byda star or planet flickering in
end was rising slowly until it faded the distance,
out of the view of observer. Gbject wap
seen visually and through binoculars :
for 45 minutes.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969490

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