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Case FileNARA NAID 28975055 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Silver Springs, MarylandNovember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Silver Springs, Maryland in November 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

Silver Springs, Maryland

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION [12 concLusions |
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21 November 1957 Silver Springs y Maryland O Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
: PY ; O Was Airerof?
: toeel “IKGround-Visual O Ground-Radar u] Probobly Aircroft
: GMT 21/12262 g 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D' Possibly Aircraft
! ————————————— Ese LF Awintercep) Rader
5.- PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes OX Probably Astronomicol
JHNe Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [eB o 1 Y SEEAS TAP RA El A
3 O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation :
: 5 i O Unknown
two seconds one strajecht stif:
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING ~~ ——————+——=&nb shify ~~~ 0&0 00000 0
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One blue white object, larger than Description, duration, flight path
: a falling star, Object was seen on indicate probabi lity of meteor,
a straight swift flight path and was
| in sight for 2 seconds,
: ET ee bee Err ao Te ETE RS eS
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975055

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