Shelton, WashingtonApril 1957

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 Shelton, Washington in April 1957. The full case file (5 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 27.

Reported location

Shelton, Washington

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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TH PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD IRA
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
4 : i | x ; 0 Was Bolloon |
8 April 1957 Shelton, Washington 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ee esi Ely Rellonh |
' j Yop] FE a CN Se CUO BE XQ Ground-Visudl O Ground-Radar Si an auealt a |
& aMreRA0R80Z a 0 Air Visual O Air-Intorcept Radar (DO Possibly Aircroft |
EE | 5. PHOTOS 3 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
i O:fNo | Civilian D Possibly Astronomical |
bd 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION | NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oo § 1 1 RE SR Ce ET .
¢ 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
; O Unknown
“i two three minutes one East to West
150. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 One greenish orange glowing light, Description, duration, flight
yo estimated 6 to 8 feet in diameter, path indicate that this sight.ng
Object had tail resembling a heli- was probably caused by an a/c. 4
i copter, Object moved from East to 3
West at the speed of a jet. Object
was seen visually for 2 to 3 minutes, :
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969478

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Shelton Shelton, WA Washington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-04-01