1700 Mi East Of Trinidad, November 1959November 1959

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 1700 Mi East Of Trinidad, November 1959 in November 1959. The full case file (4 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 37.

Reported location

1700 Mi East Of Trinidad, November 1959

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

TE TTR ETI TT TN 1 Pr ape YR tpn rn HRI EAME
| ) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
) 0 Was Balloon
J 4 Nov 59 5 1700 Mi East of Trinidad {0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ——|B Possibly Ballcen
Vi i 0D Was Aircraft
toed ono ooo erin Ship 0 Ground-Rador a Probably Aircraft
Nel Ap Re) ARS 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
8 No civilian O Possibly Astronomical
17. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 5 Other_ Prob Missile
0 {iRyes (ovens Data for Evaluation
o
not given cne SE Unhnenn
10. BRIZ® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright ob) appeared on horizen and ascended A Jupiter missile was fired on the
9 1to aa alt of 24 true. Ob) disappeared behind evening of 4 Nov 59. This missile was
/ 2loud formation. probably the obj sighted.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985296

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-11-01