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Project Blue Book file, RB-47, July 17, 1957

USAF / The Black Vault · 57 pages · text by OCR

This Project Blue Book file, released through The Black Vault, covers the RB-47 encounter of 17 July 1957 over Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. It includes the record card, which lists the sighting as identified as American Airlines flight 655, and Air Defense Command correspondence that carried the sighting as unknown. There is also Major Lewis D. Chase's observer data sheet and an electronic analysis finding it difficult to conclude nothing was present. James McDonald's reconstructed account is included, along with a CAA letter about airliner incidents.

  • p. 7 …files as well as from personal interviews with the crew. At the request of the UFO…
  • p. 16 …McClure, told me that he was sure that the UFO had produced an echo on the…
  • p. 21 …Since the "discovery" of UFOs in 1947, there would be more UFO reports filed with the…
  • p. 28 …Curiously, the formal teletype report filed by the Duncanville radar station commander to Air Defense Command…
  • p. 29 …The RB-47 UFO case file contains a letter dated Oct. 30, 1957, signed by Capt…
  • p. 33 …Ala., where the Project Blue Book UFO case files are archived... The Air Defense Command, which…
12. Were any unusual disturbances noted on the compass or radio?
(Circle one) Yes No Comments:___
13. Was any turbulence noted? (Circle one) Yes No Comments:___
14. Estimate how long you saw the object. 1 Hours 30 Minutes Seconds
Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 14.
a. Certain b. Fairly certain c. Not very sure d. Just a guess
15. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes No
c. Other No
16. What was the condition of the sky? (Circle one)
a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight e. No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight (NIGHT) f. Don't remember
17. If you saw the object during daylight, twilight, or dawn, where was the sun located as you looked at the object? (Circle one)
a. In front of you (N/A) d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right UNCLASSIFIED f. Don't remember

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