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Case FileNARA NAID 28971524 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Yuma, ArizonaSeptember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Yuma, Arizona 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

Yuma, Arizona

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

AZ / 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
FE
| 4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
4 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 ? O Wos Bolloon
i 3 Se er 1957 Yuma, Arizona o Athi “rt Ea
| |3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Taos SOON
E JC FEA Ea LA the KGround- Visual DO Ground-Rador o fo Head ‘
1 rR Binoculars © Roomy Ararat
gE GM 40 Ae [0 AS 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
1 s. PROTOS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
4 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
1 3XNo Civilian 0D Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE tx ometarget sleeve
3 DO fret ent Dato for Evaluotion
’ o
4 11 minutes 12 to 15 exploded odors
* |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Spiral, later elongated with ragged Target sleeves in area, It is
1 edges, White, brown in middle, about believed this sighting was
one foot long. No sound, Onw when first target sleeve after being
; scen, then foom 12 to 15, Exploded. repeatedly fired upon.
E :
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
3 /
3 ‘
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971524

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ArizonaYumaYuma, AZ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-09-01

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