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Case FileNARA NAID 28978053 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Seattle, WashingtonApril 1958

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 Seattle, Washington in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

WA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
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i 1. DATE |2 LOCATION hi CONCLUSIONS

4 {0 Was Balloon

3 o Nrostatldo) Seattle. vashineton 0 Probably Balioon

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3 3. DATE<TIME GROUP |4 TYPEOF 035ERVATION [EERE abe pa a

4 Local I Ground- Visual J Ground-Redar |o Was Aireratt

| 0 CO} remem etme eee py he ako) ug ; x bebidas | a P robably Aircraft

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I GMT. 29/0800 4 AE 01 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar [= Possibly Aircroft

E “5. PHOTOS $. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 2 LOS 3

i 0 Yes 00 Probebly Astronomical

4 2a | rs wdilian 00 Possibly Astronomical {
- Seen TE Se CR heheh Rh SD ey yr ne |
i: 2. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other ——
| i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 0 Unknown

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4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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i roo shaped ob] ( or saucer at al ane) Not other rpts fm any source

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i cold or sollowish orange. Two were of anything unusual. Duration &

3 .eparated, then joi ned. Appeared to distance indicate ma2ieo¥ 5 ight- :
: have windows or sapaita torss “BUZZINE ine, If sound asgociated w/

3 like hot poker in water, obj, then this places it In

E. Bolide class, Nothing indicat SS
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; ATIC FORM 228 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978053

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