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Case FileNARA NAID 28975060 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Springfield, MissouriNovember 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 Springfield, Missouri 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

Springfield, Missouri

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MO / 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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l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
= : Beet ; 0D Wos Balloon |
21 November 19 57 Springfield, Missouri Q Probably Ballaon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6: Fossibly Balloon
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UE {hE Se EO RR AE) 2K Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar = SENG UR |
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GMT 21/234527 a Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar |P Possibly Aircraft |
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5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
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4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oe 2]] 1 SER RE Re he
OX Insufficient Doto for Evaluation ;
3 y 0 Unknown
Ai} I hour one West
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10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Very bright light blue ~ylinder object No elevation or azimuth given
i size of paseball, Much brighter on one making it impossible to properly
sid2 than the other. No sound p evaluate, Provably astro.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975060

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