West Germany Zone, September 1957September 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 West Germany Zone, September 1957 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

West Germany Zone, September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

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

“ -
. ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon
7 September 1557 West Germany Zone O Probably Balloon [
LE EE BeT nt Bra Eset ELE LS seem eet |) TP 6 € $1 D] Hol | 561
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i 2135,2136,2137 . O Was Aircraft |
! ) Abr Oi] Hod lined [flow SmI - A |
Local & Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft {
| X (ET 8 pda det hrs AAA aR 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft {
~ | 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE {CX Was Astronomical Meteors
o 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
BE a No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 OMe ee
g DO Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
3 0D Unknown
4 two seconds three not given
~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
¢ | Egg shaped object with cone-shaped
F | tail. Light red, area around forward Metars,
| 2/3rds was blue, diminishing cone
1 trailing rearward was light red surrouhded
3 by violet. Smoke at rear of tail; it
3 was grey and contained red sparks,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971583

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-09-01