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Case FileNARA NAID 28973161 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Towner, North DakotaNovember 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 Towner, North Dakota 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 29.

Reported location

Towner, North Dakota

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

ND / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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] 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION iW. Teshiny Sumo

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RA ——— B:Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar a Probably Abrevals :

MT 08/01127Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor |O Possibly Aircraft

b] 5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE O Was Astronomical Yon US

Br O Yes TX Probobly Astronomical

No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CAR Le ERR CIC Sn

8 O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
§ ; O Unknown

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Eo 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

; | Saucer shaped object, size of basket. Everything here, except for the

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973161

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