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Case FileNARA NAID 28973229 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

San Antonio, TexasNovember 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 San Antonio, Texas 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 29.

Reported location

San Antonio, Texas

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION y
i 3 0 Was Aircraft
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i GMT 05/15434 (2) O Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Airereft :
: 5. PHOTOS UG/ Co=04 8. SOURCE Was Astronomical Mato
i O Yes ii O Probably Astronomical
: Disia co 3 O Possibly Astronomical
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: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other 0! =
i O Insufficient Deto for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING (Ov al shaped obj 11. COMMENTS |
i approximately 60 ft long. More blunt Probably the result of an over
§ on one end, imilar to fluorescent active imagination. (Following
: 1ignt, but did not make a light on the Qe sighting) Duration
: surface of the ground. NO trail. Observer //only 2 Secs. Obj has character |
: ~tates that he felt a gust of warm air istics of Meteor except for belng
: st the object left the area with a stationary & novering. Also arror
{ swishing sound. Radio & lights on car in time since sighting BU night 3
went out & car engine stopped. As the and 1523 not consistent. Evalua-
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