Roswell, New Mexico 105dgr 35' W and 32dgr 15' N, March 1957March 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 Roswell, New Mexico 105dgr 35' W and 32dgr 15' N, March 1957 in March 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 27.

Reported location

Roswell, New Mexico 105dgr 35' W and 32dgr 15' N, March 1957

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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; I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 : Roswell, New Mexico 0 Was Balloon |
E 27 Ala ch 1957 } 108dgr 35° W and 32der 15 Nig Probably Balloon
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: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION PENRO SON
} | Lees. 2035 MST =~ D Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar Bb aoadiemi.
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4 3. PROTOS 8. SOURCE : 0 Was Astronomical
i O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
gr j Q N Mili O Possibly Astronomical
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8 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fC Oshipprc aut aie bo va
[ ; DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
5 3 Unknown
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Ek 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : [11. COMMENTS :
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1 torse objects, about the size of land-{ Current Aero charts show pilot |
E ing lights, circular shaped, color | was in middle of air traffic
i J} Priiiiant white, Objs flying a tight airway (Red 71) into Roswell,
A formation. Objects were on a cullision Also he was next to a restricted ‘
3 course to a C45 a/c at same alt heading area at the time of sighting. free ¢
4 towards him. The objs split their form This range is believed now |
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; San disappeared drectly overacas while Pelny used for night bombing |
j the other two disappeared to tha 1:30 practice,
4 - | position, 2 miles away. Poelot of (45 :
4 flashed his taxi lights and the objs
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969410