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Case FileNARA NAID 28970248 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

S. Cotulla, TexasJune 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from S. Cotulla, Texas in June 1957. The full case file (6 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 28.

Reported location

S. Cotulla, Texas

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
1
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
a ————————————————  ——————————— EE ——————————————————————— a  ——————————————— ———————— ———————
t | 1. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
b 2 ; 0 Wos Balloon
4 12 June 1937 S. Cotulla, Texas 0 Brobably Balison
| 3 DATE-Tine Group 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SIR ado) be
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E | Cr UL Sr ER O Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar s BAL Keats
3 2Y SI) i
R sus. ka begs co Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
g | 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical l2L20Or
3 OVYes OC Probably Astronomical
ge O'Ne Military O Possibiy Astronomical
3 | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 SB 0; | 7 ET a aR NE
4 O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
4 3; 7 a 3 0 Unknown
| two seconds three 20dgr angle, Hown
~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i Looked like 3 squares in a row with Bolide observation,
BB | tail about ome yard long -- about size
fl | of basketball, Color blue green. Objecit
1 angled down at 20 dgr and seemed to
3 | fall apart as ifit exploded.
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