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Case FileNARA NAID 28978821 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Seattle, WashingtonJuly 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 July 1958. The full case file (3 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 33.

Reported location

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 5 Jul 58

5. LOCATION: Seattle, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 0606/45Z
Level
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Air-Visual

5. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Bright light. Flying South at 1,000 ft. High speed.

13. CONCLUSIONS:
- Was Balloon
- Probably Balloon
- Possibly Balloon
- Was Aircraft
- Probably Aircraft
- Possibly Aircraft
- Was Astronomical
- Probably Astronomical
- Possibly Astronomical
- Other
- Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- Unknown

11. COMMENTS:
Insufficient Data.

[Teletype routing information and distribution lists follow, including references to RJEDZM, RJEDZQ, RJEZHO, and 25TH AIR DIV]
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978821

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People

Aeon Fulghuy

Organizations

25TH AIR DIVRJEDZMSEA TAC TOWER

Places

4th and Denny S, Seattle, WashSeattle, WASeattle, WashingtonWashington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

0606/45Z19581958-07-015 Jul 58

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