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Case FileNARA NAID 28977449 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Sitka, AlaskaMarch 1958

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 Sitka, Alaska in March 1958. The full case file (2 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 32.

Reported location

Sitka, Alaska

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

AK / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10/73 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
13 Mar 58

2. LOCATION
Sitka, Alaska

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 1/0800Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
☑ Ground-Visual   ☐ Ground-Radar
☐ Air-Visual      ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
☐ SOURCE

6. PHOTOS
☐ Yes
☐ No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1-3 secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
descending

13. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☐ Probably Balloon
☐ Possibly Balloon
☐ Was Aircraft
☐ Probably Aircraft
☐ Possibly Aircraft
☐ Was Astronomical [illegible]
☐ Probably Astronomical
☐ Possibly Astronomical
☐ Other
☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
☐ Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Brilliant luminous green obj slowly descending.

11. COMMENTS
Very limited info, but probably a fireball.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977449

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATIC

Places

AlaskaSitka, AKSitka, Alaska

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

1/0800Z13 Mar 5819581958-03-01

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