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Case FileNARA NAID 28981378 · T1206 Roll 34

Project Blue Book Case File

Tusoaloose, AlabamaDecember 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Tusoaloose, Alabama in December 1958. The full case file (5 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 34.

Reported location

Tusoaloose, Alabama

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

AL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
: | , Red PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
TR em ype mo DECCAN GN DF esEnant
2 i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
O Woes Balloon
E72 0De coms rlagn Tusrolonsa TH hE 0 Probably Balloon
———l he mp rg a ah JEL LS —rsit d 'YPE OF OBee dv ieaxdma ~~ Ss}
! 3. DATE-TiMz GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Bolloon
4 Ltoeab TT ————————— H:Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 5 LE
CMT. SA Rh AY A Rie 0 AinVilddal 1 L0 0 (n} Air-Intsrcept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
; Bane 4 SOURCE —————— 2 Alr-Intercept Radar
: 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE { Was Astronomical Meteo
Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
A peu RAE 47 AR (o] Possibly Astronomical
pi S03 No Ld VL { 3 Lid
7 LENGTH oF GBSERVATIONT TT Tihavasdan
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE u] hE Re A
; O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
| 0 Unknown
; not given 3 one ’ sR ev £0
EO rma oes es Sa HS —————— ee. —- ss Sra
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Orange obj, looked like come te A spect :
) Ln front of it PR A oo! veling at g upersonle Probably me teor,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981378

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