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Case FileNARA NAID 28973661 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Selma, NCJanuary 1958

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 Selma, NC in January 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 30.

Reported location

Selma, NC

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

NC / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
UFOB INDEX CARD

1. DATE: 7 Jan 58
2. LOCATION: Selma, N.C.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 0625/2152Z Nov 57
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkbox] Ground-Visual [checkbox] Ground-Radar [checkbox] Air-Visual [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [checkbox] Yes [checkbox] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Twenty minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
9. COURSE: SSW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One disc-shaped grayish object. Object was seen moving SSW and was in sight for 21 minutes.
11. COMMENTS: Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably a balloon.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkbox] Was Balloon [checkbox] Probably Balloon [checkbox] Possibly Balloon [checkbox] Was Aircraft [checkbox] Probably Aircraft [checkbox] Possibly Aircraft [checkbox] Was Astronomical [checkbox] Probably Astronomical [checkbox] Possibly Astronomical [checkbox] Other [checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checkbox] Unknown

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973661

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