Upland, CaliforniaSeptember 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 Upland, California in September 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 28.

Reported location

Upland, California

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
IE 3 ; OD Was Balloon
4 5-6 September 1957 Upland, California DO Probably Balloon
* |'3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Seta Ae |
FE i BO Was Aircraft
E Lyre ER OE NCE SA X& Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
E cMT06/ 12157 to 12307 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS - 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
§ O Yes OD Probably Astronomical
i «x8 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GB OMtNeREs aa
5 BX Insufficient Data for Evaluotion
: : 0 Unknown
: 15 minutes one not given
~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Green flash of light with red tails. Information furnished is not
: No sound. Object at an altitude of adequate, either in quantity
3 approximately 2,000 feet. or detail, to permit an analysis.
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4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971578

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

California Upland Upland, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-09-01