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Case FileNARA NAID 28975883 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Shreveport, LouisianaDecember 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 Shreveport, Louisiana in December 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

Shreveport, Louisiana

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Shreveport, Louisiana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 07/20202Z

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

5. PHOTOS
 Yes
 X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Oval object, size of B-29, silver, surrounded by vapor. No exhaust or sound.

12. CONCLUSIONS
 Was Balloon
 Probably Balloon
 Possibly Balloon
 Was Aircraft
 X Probably Aircraft
 Possibly Aircraft
 Was Astronomical
 Probably Astronomical
 Possibly Astronomical
 Other
 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 Unknown

11. COMMENTS
No doubt object was an A/C.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975883

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