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Case FileNARA NAID 28979803 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Sharpsville, Ia., September 1958September 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 Sharpsville, Ia., September 1958 in September 1958. The full case file (2 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

Sharpsville, Ia., September 1958

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
4 September 1958

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
2052Z
GMT 0825052

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 MINS

2. LOCATION
Sharpsville PA

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Viewed
Air-Viewed

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, very bright obj.

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

9. COURSE
[illegible]

11. COMMENTS
An astro plot carries indicates the planet Mars in location given.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979803

Connected across the archive

People

1ST LT. HOWARD H. DELLY

Organizations

AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB

Places

Sharpsville PA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19581958-09-014 September 1958

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