PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971417

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONElizabeth City North Carolina

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon 7
28 December 1957 Elizabeth City, North Caroli Ba Probably Balloon
3. 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar box Was Aircraft
Probably Aireraft
GMT28/2142Z Air-intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 00 Probably Astronomical
XONo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data valuation
North /0 Unknown
not given one one
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Red, cigar or football shaped object, Red, cigar or football shaped object, There There are are po no ele el vations, azimuth, yations, azimuth,
size of football 20 yards from observer. or length size of football 20 yards from observer. or length o n sight given sight given
Speed equal or greater than jet a/c. However, spee However, speed light compare
with that expected of a/c.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)

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