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Project Blue Book case file: Levelland, November 2-3, 1957 (81 pages)

USAF / National Archives via The Black Vault · 82 pages · text by OCR

This 81-page Project Blue Book case file covers the Levelland, Texas sightings of the night of 2 to 3 November 1957. It holds the record card, Air Force teletype reports from the 1006th AISS and radar units, witness questionnaires, press clippings about the White Sands sightings, and analyst memos. Several witnesses said a bluish-white oval object stopped their car engines. The Air Force concluded the cause was ball lightning in stormy weather, with wet or faulty ignition systems explaining the engine failures.

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“ROTOR”3 pages

  • p. 11 …THIS SIGHTING PD INVESTIGATION PROVED THAT A ROTOR HAD BEEN CHANGED ON THE FARMERS TRUCK THE…
  • p. 54 …FURTHER, STATE-MENT FROM MECHANIC INDICATES THAT PIECE OF OLD ROTOR LATER FOUND WEDGED IN BETWEEN…
  • p. 55 …FURTHER, STATE-MENT FROM MECHANIC INDICATES THAT PIECE OF OLD ROTOR LATER FOUND WEDGED IN BETWEEN…
gaseous object which moved swiftly and left an ember trail. There were dozens more. It was a memorable Saturday night in Lavalland.

But unbeknown to Sheriff Clem or the residents of West Texas,

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