Roanoke Rapids AFS, N.C., November 1959November 1959

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 Roanoke Rapids AFS, N.C., November 1959 in November 1959. 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 37.

Reported location

Roanoke Rapids AFS, N.C., November 1959

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE £7 {oi 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Woes Balloon f
25Nov 59 | Roanoks Rapids AFS, N.C. ~~ |0 Frehebly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;
d O Was Aircraft ;
Lye sine LAE Se le QBround-Visual Q Ground-Redar a Probably Aircraft
emt 27/02597 0 Air-Visueal 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS § SOURCE PENT XX Was Astronomical Mateor
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
oN Military O Possibly Astronomical
o ls
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF GBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othaer_ ; TAFE
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
: 2 secs one | falling o
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Pale green obj, chape of match flame, The color, time duration, & flight
‘size of little finger at asm's length, falling path suggests a meteor or fireball.
straigat down.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 352)
[4
Hegre) Tet SE RUE SE URC) Eau 7 ; $ x 4

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985468

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-11-01