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Case FileNARA NAID 28975392 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Yakima, WashingtonNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Yakima, Washington in November 1957. The full case file (3 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 31.

Reported location

Yakima, Washington

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      12. CONCLUSIONS
27 November 1957               Yakima, Washington               □ Was Balloon
                                                                  □ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP            4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           □ Possibly Balloon
Local                         □ Ground-Visual        □ Ground-Radar    □ Was Aircraft
GMT    27/0930-52            □ Air-Visual           □ Air-Intercept Radar □ Probably Aircraft
                                                                  □ Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                      6. SOURCE                        □ Was Astronomical
□ Yes                         Civilian Airline pilot           □ Probably Astronomical
□ No                                                            □ Possibly Astronomical
                                                                □ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION      8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE  □ Unknown
1 min 30 seconds  White contrails 1 min        Ohio     South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object, bright red glow then turning to white smoke appearance, white contrails - faded out.

11. COMMENTS
Solid observation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SKP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975392

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