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Case FileNARA NAID 28975609 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Riverside, CaliforniaDecember 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 Riverside, California in December 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 31.

Reported location

Riverside, California

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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; LL OATE:. 9 (A oc 5:2 2. LOCATION [127 CONCLUSIONS
f —10-Jan-58. ’ 0 Was Balloon |
4 Riverside, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION # Possibly Balloon
| 0R/2205Z Dec 57 | @ Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Bonen
| 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
} O Yes O Probably Astronomical
a XINo Civils O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE COG {pi EN Rheem gun
| O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
| Four minutes Toro Stationary 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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Two vite bbjects the size of a pea. Concur with Reporting Officer that
Objects were stationary and were in sight this was possibly a balloon.-
for 4 minutes, |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975609

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