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Case FileNARA NAID 28978231 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Tuscaloosa, AlabamaMay 1958

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 Tuscaloosa, Alabama in May 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

AL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i O Was Balloon
i 16 May 58 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 0 Beocatly Boigen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
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i eMT___17/01207Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS OIRSOURORE trams mess feet 85 X Was Astronomical MOteop
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
BNo Civilian 3 O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [mo 1, 1 1 i Ba aR a UE,
I O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
g O Unknown
s 5-10 secs one North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Red ball of fire, 50-60 ft tail or Obj appears to be meteor,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978231

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