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Case FileNARA NAID 28975784 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Torrington, ConnecticutDecember 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 Torrington, Connecticut in December 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

Torrington, Connecticut

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

CT / 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
ah PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
{ 1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
: Was Bollo
5 December 1957 Torrington, Connecticut o Probably Balloon
§ | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon |
Cosel ROOS. 0 XX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar a dap |
emt__06/0105 O AirVisudl O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomical
\ QO VYes O Probably Astronomical
AX Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronemical
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
) ; 0 Unknown
not reported not reported
® [10. BRIE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS !
Request from fictitious military No military unit exists at
unit in Roseau, Minnesota for information bkhe point of request. No info
about an alleged UFO sighting in from alleged source, Unreliabl
Torrington, Connecticut, report,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 2
ey /
/ 4

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975784

Connected across the archive

Places

ConnecticutTorrington, CT

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-12-01

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