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Case FileNARA NAID 28985371 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

S Of Punta Campos, Mexico, 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 S Of Punta Campos, Mexico, November 1959 in November 1959. The full case file (2 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

S Of Punta Campos, Mexico, November 1959

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 Nov 59

2. LOCATION
S of Punta Campos, Mexico

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: 13/0100Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[  ] Ground-Radar
[  ] Air-Intercept Radar
[  ] [illegible]

5. PHOTOS
[  ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
seven secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
North

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A large meteor or rocket sighted traveling from South to North.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[  ] Was Balloon
[  ] Probably Balloon
[  ] Possibly Balloon
[  ] Was Aircraft
[  ] Probably Aircraft
[  ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical Meteor
[  ] Probably Astronomical
[  ] Possibly Astronomical
[  ] Other
[  ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[  ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Duration too short for rocket observation. Obj was more likely a meteor.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985371

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATICUSAF

Places

S of Punta Campos, Mexico

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

12 Nov 5913 Nov 5919591959-11-01

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