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Case FileNARA NAID 28969723 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Springfield, Pa., May 1957May 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, Pa., May 1957 in May 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 27.

Reported location

Springfield, Pa., May 1957

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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5 No i Civilian | 00 Possibly Astronemical |
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# 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969723

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