Spangdahlem AFB, Germany, April 1958April 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 Spangdahlem AFB, Germany, April 1958 in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Spangdahlem AFB, Germany, April 1958

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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a E DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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f GMT “Ls Li 2 i Air Visuel 0 Air-Intercept Radar I ossibly Airere
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? 5. PHOTOCS | 8- SOURCE B= as Astronomical
i QO Yes | {a Probably Astronomical 1
8 Ib Sd als 0 Possibly Astronomical !
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t 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a Ele) fo (1 Sha REE SEU TERRA ach
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> | 10 Unknown
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EF 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
Sphere about seventy two feet in dia | There was an RB-66 A/C in the
3 meter, Luminous w/pnplack ORO CONTI a ky area at that CLINE o tN1sS TETRA BF ol i
Appeared to fade out. Obj about size 9f ablg obj sighted. |
; RB-66 a/c.
ATIC FORM 32% {(RZV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977975

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-04-01