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Case FileNARA NAID 28970748 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Shelby, North CarolinaJuly 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 Shelby, North Carolina in July 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 28.

Reported location

Shelby, North Carolina

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

NC / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
23 July 1957

2. LOCATION
Shelby, North Carolina

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible] seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
[illegible]

9. COURSE
One
Northwest

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One cold-yellow oval object the size of a ping pong ball. Obj flew a straight course Northwest and was seen visually for five minutes.

12. 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
Concur with rating officer that this sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

No report on file.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970748

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

North CarolinaShelbyShelby, NCShelby, North Carolina

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-07-0123 July 1957

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