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Case FileNARA NAID 28972203 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

San Bernardino, CaliforniaOctober 1957

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 San Bernardino, California in October 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 Bernardino, California

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 3 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Wos Bolloon |
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i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
O Woes Aircraft i
DOI emt ————— Gk Ground- Visual O Ground-Roder O Probably Aireroft |
|_omy__ 15/0710Z 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercept Rodar |D Possibly Aireroft |
5. PHOTC : o SC O Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 br 14 deine
& No Civilian O Possibly Astronomic
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XXOther__Moon
: O Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
0 Unknown
= N1Km 2S one ESE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1%. COMMENTS
Object shape of cup upside down, Area was overcast, Moon full on
size of a quarter, silvery and gold, | this date & in about same posi-
Moved East and out of site in clouds,| tion as object sighted, It is
Came down from clouds & moved back believed break in clouds let moon
up into clouds. show through momentarily.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972203

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