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Case FileNARA NAID 28975208 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Scott AFB, IllinoisNovember 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 Scott AFB, Illinois in November 1957. The full case file (5 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 31.

Reported location

Scott AFB, Illinois

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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I ST Sj loam Se SORE Se SE SUT f
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
f i ; 00 Was Balloon
24 Novenber 1957 Scott AFB, Illinois 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Nay Vi 4 0 Was Aircraft
Local Cen pe :8:Ground- Visual O Ground-Roadar JX Probably Aircraft
! Guy 29/0010 = 0 O Air Visual O Air-Intarcept Rador |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QCYes DO Probably Astronomical
LO'No Military O Possibly Astronomical
TL SE SR ec ee ees es eee ats ee Sete Pa et ei ets Sue
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE El ONG RI eB cl
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
o oh : 4 0 Unknown
6 - 8 minutes one westerly
RC RBIERN EY ae thas Tr ee J
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGH TING 1). COMMENTS - 4
4 Round, reddish-orange obj ect, size of Probably an a/c sight ing.
golf ball to tennis ball. Had an
easterly mcvement until overhead y then
i a large "U" turn back to west,
eee SE
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 5
3 LJ
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975208

Connected across the archive

Places

IllinoisScott AFB, IL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-01

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