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Case FileNARA NAID 28973656 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Selma, North CarolinaNovember 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 Selma, North Carolina in November 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 30.

Reported location

Selma, North Carolina

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NC / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: it QO Wes Balloon
Sonovemper 1oo7 elma, orth Carolina Q Probably Balloon
pb O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION .

j ron v O Wes Aircraft
CPUC R— Ek Ground-Visvel O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
] CT REE ATA WELTER sen O Air Visvai O Air-Intercept Radar QO Possibly Aireraft

f 5. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical

] Spf O Yes : O Probably Astronomical

: ONe iviiion O Possibly Astronomical |

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY TTI iostiniisisiiniiemissiiois |
| X iinsufficient Data for Evaluation |
: i REED 0 Unknown |
| 2. nmipuias | OG SSh |
10. BRIEP® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ~|1). COMMENTS j
Disc Sna ed ovject, zrayish, traveling | Probable ballooi but no 2isvatiod, |
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Vary low iia 898 dirscition, aZinucay. SiZe Or winds given,
: | Without this intormactioun, it is
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973656

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