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Case FileNARA NAID 28974515 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Roanoke Rapids AFS, NCNovember 1957

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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, NC in November 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 30.

Reported location

Roanoke Rapids AFS, NC

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NC / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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:
: OB INDEX CARD | |
td ATSS—UFOB=562~==57
. DATE ° OD Jr {7 2. LOCATION : ’ | v2. CONCLUSIONS
ET IDET
3 Jan-58 Roanoke Rapids AFS, IC O os Balloon |
(m] Probably Balloon hd
3 DATETIME GROUP | 4 TYPE oF osservaTion | 9 Possibly Balloon |
; O Was Aircraft
12/00302 How 57 1 Ground- Visual Were Q Probably Aircraft |
0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft :
5, PHOTOS 6. SOURCE [TL Was Astronomical ;
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
oN Mit 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE REE ASR
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
"| Bifteen minutes Cne 4]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ’ 11. COMMENTS . -
Cne round alternating orange, red and wilt Doseription, duration, flight rath
chiect five times the mggmatude of a star. indecate that this sighting was #=nus.
Chieect was seen Just above the horizon in
the SW fading in a llortherly direction.
was in sight for 15 minutes.
H 1
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AISOP Form 5 {13 Oct 54)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974515

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