Southern Italy, September 1957September 1957

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 Southern Italy, September 1957 in September 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 28.

Reported location

Southern Italy, September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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| 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

3 DOD Wos Balloon

: 16 September 1957 Southern Italy 0 A Balloon

I |'3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i A

¢ 0 Was Aircraft

j fH Lyf = Jeet a ST A Ei Or EN MX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Probably Aircraft

=. GM ae deal Le 0 AirVisuol O Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft

5 S. PHOYDS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

i OYes DO Probably Astronomical

E No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical

| | 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BC Oey signee ain Jl

DO Insufficient Date for Evaluation
: O Unknown
5 minutes one East

| [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

E Round object about the size of planet | Rather limited data, but a light

4 Mars and same color as Mars at its moving across the sky is very

brightest. No exhaust or sound, probably an a/c.

3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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CR RRR EEE EEE EEE

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971637

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-09-01