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Case FileNARA NAID 28968781 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Yuma, CaliforniaJanuary 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 Yuma, California in January 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 27.

Reported location

Yuma, California

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
2 January 1957

2. LOCATION
Yuma
Yumit, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Label
GMT 03/0250Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar
Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilians

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5-6 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three

9. COURSE
stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three objects. Round, size of baseball. Color yellow. Objects stationary. Faded out. A/C in area in NW and low.

11. COMMENTS
Possible a/c sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other___
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968781

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