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Case FileNARA NAID 28968820 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Tempe, ArizonaJanuary 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 Tempe, Arizona in January 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

Tempe, Arizona

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

AZ / US

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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Say PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| |r. oate § LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
b 0 Was Balloon
12 January 1957 Tempe, Arizona ‘OX Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATETIME cROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bane saEly Soliean; |
Laddlic lll aD Sel Cround-Visuel QiGrond: Rasy a Ee |
curl AZ Y828Y 0 Air- Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
: FeTNRRD NORE Ce SOURCE] TEs re ee ey Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
: Chai | AF Civilian Employee 0 Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ’ NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [1 Bao] {1 1 PAE PCP RE
DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
! 0 Unknown
LE 5 minutes one unk idoodt
| {10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
: Object size of half dollar shining with WX balloons normally launched
brilliant light observed at approx between 1030-1100 hours, 4
| 30,000ft., Object remained stationary. balloon launching units within
very short distance: Luke AFB,
Williams AFB, Prescott and
| Winslow, Size, shape, descrip-
| : tion and stationary movament
: all indicate object undoubtedly
balloon,
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 8ZP 52)
|
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968820

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