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Case FileNARA NAID 28981412 · T1206 Roll 34

Project Blue Book Case File

Russellville, AlabamaDecember 1958

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 Russellville, Alabama in December 1958. 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 34.

Reported location

Russellville, Alabama

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

AL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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5 i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLULIONS
i ; O Was Balloon
| = L Sar iys 1 {55 \ 97a 10 ] I vil hy HES EY % : (m} P b b! |
AA BRL EAL XT ASA SS IPAS RS RRA 1 SR a — 0 Possibly Banh
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION abet
 B ) 3 O Was Aircraft
1 SCX] naa Se char 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Airerafe i
GMT dnisnown 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
EE TTC TY ET TT TT Bo FR Te RT SE ECR TI RAR Tred i
5. PHOTOS S55 : 8. SOURCE UO Was Astronomical
O Yes URYy31Calt 0 Probably Astronomical i
A 4 = EOL ATA Ep A RNR O Possibly Astronomicol
ZO No M0 CEI 1} > 1 \o LJ 12am iy 3 pray)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0: Other _sfom=foni] © mee SG ERT WAY 2)
It ; OD Insufficient Dato fer Evaluation
i a 0 Unknown
N/A ons M/A
EE TE ee eine ee A J Sr
) 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
White cardboard box 7"xle"x7" lined I'he equipnme: as found to yo z
: w/white porous plastic. Two dx y cell that used BY an unclassified ;
I na . Ceries & a series of chemical project which is sen up attache
1 3 atcories us ed for powsar, Two tubes to & balloon for tracki nz
| in one cid which lit up every two missiles by acoustic method,
: minutes, The frequency range rptd
gE to be between 1700 & 2000 MC. Dox
; vas atlached to a balloon approx 25
to 30 ft in diameter,
A ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981412

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