Vicinity of Bitburg, Germ., January 1958January 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 Vicinity of Bitburg, Germ., January 1958 in January 1958. The full case file (6 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

Vicinity of Bitburg, Germ., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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; . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
[ 1. pate | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 1 |
Fok ae H : | 0 Yas Balloon
29 Jan O58 i Vicinity of Bitburg, Germ, |O Probably Balloon
: ETRE RA Rae SIE ER US SR SA rE lisse herm SdH Car ne SE Rot enti Sean fen. SERS hatk ete | ®] P 510 |
3 | 3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
4 | |
4 ! 0 « Aire
] : Eyer 1 Ee eh Er Ns sr rhe ERE) QO Ground- Visual 0 Cround-Radar I= ibs CoA
290 /0RD 57 { i | Ret Era
ig | CMTE EY V0e0 4 | 8 AirVisuaol 0 Air-Intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE HO Was Astronomical HE C2OU
O Yes | {Probably Astronomical
; 0 Ne Ege pi Wi Ti tary (Craupd) | osshly astonamica)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF O8JECTS | 9. COURSE ( rOthel da yiveczip to or
; ID Insufficient Data for Evaluation
, ohh | Chi J td Unknown
Sees | one NES EO LH i
' {10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
: Obj w/bluish fluorescent light w/a Color, characteristics, maneuver
trail of flame observed at approx time duration, etc. are all those
: 10, G00 ft by pilot flying at 29,000 of a true holide (fireball). As
ft, Blot stated that 1t produced a has ofte ee hown w/airborne
: blinding flash before it disappeared. observations, the atmospheric haz
a in hich alts heightens the illusi
of color contrasts & nearness,
i See Dr, Olivier's & Dr, La Paz's |
: rpts on fireballs)
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976882

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01