4 Mi Fm Roddington, Nfld, August 1959August 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 4 Mi Fm Roddington, Nfld, August 1959 in August 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 36.

Reported location

4 Mi Fm Roddington, Nfld, August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

FP fa PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Lid

Eo Eileg Subs ie lal
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E ’ a J ft 0 Was Balloon
4 4 Aug 59 4 Mi fm Roddington, Nfld O Probably Balloon

4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION El EoEEy ERl COR

a “Ov ; i 0 Was Aircraft

1 local foil n sn XK Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

GMT ol 023072 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft .
E OMT. =f ee | AirVisue eR

E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
FE O Yes DO Probably Astronomical i
a TNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GO hey suis tied a

E B¢ Insufficient Data for Evaluation

r . 3 0 Unknown

g not given ik not given

F 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

E Large blue ball, eappeard to be falling in Possibility exists obj could have

3 .} an Basterly direction. been a meteor. However, info too

E limited to form postive conclusionn.
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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984257

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-08-01