DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6963657
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1957
REPORTED LOCATIONShelby North Carolina
FRAMES1
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon 7
23 July 1957 Shelby, North Carolina 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar a Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 24/03307 AinVisual Air-intercep) Radar 0 Possibiy Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE Was Astronomical
aYes DOD Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
0OD Insulficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknowm Unknow
seconds one one Northwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING T1. COMMENTS 71. COMMENTS
One gold-yellow oval object the size object the size Concur with rpting officer thalt Concur with rpting officer that
of a ping pong ball. Obj flew a flew a straight this sighting was probably causedi causedi
dourse Northwest and was Seen visually Seen visually by an aircraft. by an aircraft.
for five minutes, for five mlnutes.
No report on file. No report on file,
ATIC FORM
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Public-domain United States government records (USAF Project Blue Book, NARA microfilm publication T-1206). Machine transcription from microfilm scans — typewritten bodies read well; stamps, marginalia and handwriting imperfectly. Pages marked poor legibility await re-examination. Source scans are linked unaltered on every case file.