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Case FileNARA NAID 28969869 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Springfield, MissouriMay 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 Springfield, Missouri in May 1957. The full case file (6 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 27.

Reported location

Springfield, Missouri

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

MO / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 / : 0 Was Balloon
14 May 1957 Springfield, Missouri O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|0 Possibly Balloon |
Be Vi § 0 Was Aircrafy
Local eT TE Q:{Ground- Visual BO Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
j Bum Ah/Udens oo 0 Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
| 5, PHOTOS é. SOURCE [}.xWas Astronomical [12 LLCO
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
g O'No Gaal ian . | Possibly Astronomical
| | 7 UenoTh oF OBSERVATION [8 NUWBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE |D Other
i (w} Insufici ant Dota for Evaluation |
| 2.-3 seconds one falling Ble, asnosm
4 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
: One object round, size of grapefruit Meteor sighting.
color white turning to green, Object
{ had trail or exhaust & times the
length of object. Object appeared to 3
have exploded and disappeared, 4
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP? 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969869

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