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Case FileNARA NAID 28989089 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Shreveport, LouisianaSeptember 1960

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 September 1960. 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 40.

Reported location

Shreveport, Louisiana

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

LA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| nor 111 el: ; |
A Can BD i 5 eer i arn gir [o Was Bolioon |
a £ Bray moh s Tsnpnessea | Probobly Enlioon
PT A la CBSE UC So 7 Be saa) Pog eibly Belloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION {
r ~ > 0 Woes Alicraft
A Re A BENE rE J Ground- Visual 0 Cround-Rador 3 4 » : chy oh p
= 0 Probably Aircrofe
HEE 45 I= ’ i : ; 83 Possibl \$ p $
MT OE ee — XX Ain Visual 0 Air-intsrcept Radar | © 97° bly Aireralt |
| 5 PHOTOS ay he | i. source Hl be SPR 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes FR gars |o Probably Astranomicaol
a No | Cre 0 Possibly Astronomieni
7. LENGTH OF CA3ERVATION | 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ARE ih eri Shedd roe ASOD
| 0 Insufficient Data for Cvnluction
ned rteran i na rd ad GO Unknown
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| A SR Reg Pe br A A LR Ee El AN PORVEUIRCIT ETON ARNIS SO or Iie 5 253, ST SU AAS A CO EA SEO SEER, Ea Ae Ne NRRL
|!10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
| mile of position near Menmxrhis at 1000Z. at 1000Z. CL —————— |
Large bright ball, 50-60 ££ in diameter. Rose } 2m T 7
from ground to about 60,0 ’t and disappeared. 1 PAR 3 i
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: Also izhzed from SAC efc enroute from Shreve Ee i t 1
port to Lufkin, Texas of object a aring as a i pe { 1
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989089

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