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Case FileNARA NAID 28981225 · T1206 Roll 34

Project Blue Book Case File

Wales, AlaskaDecember 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 Wales, Alaska in December 1958. The full case file (2 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

Wales, Alaska

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

AK / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 December 1958

2. LOCATION
Wales, Alaska

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[X]: Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other...
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 03/1352Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Aircraft Natl Guard

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
N/A

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Obj shaped like star & twice the size of a star, very bright red. Disappeared behind cloud, Moon dust age.

11. COMMENTS
Rpt sent in his moon Dust. No decay. Obj assumed meteor. Duration not given.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981225

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