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Case FileNARA NAID 28966408 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

43dgr12'N-49dgr30'W 500 Mi SE of Gander, Newfndlnd, July 1956July 1956

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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 43dgr12'N-49dgr30'W 500 Mi SE of Gander, Newfndlnd, July 1956 in July 1956. The full case file (6 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 25.

Reported location

43dgr12'N-49dgr30'W 500 Mi SE of Gander, Newfndlnd, July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION a/c in flight 12. CONCLUSIONS i
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27 July 1956 500 Mi SE of Gander, Newfnd/In®robably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Cw roesinly Ditpen
Local Emme ea 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Reador a Probebly Alveroft
omMT_27 01127 B3Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicall\igie or
O Yes o Probably Astronomical
+X No Civilian(airlines pilot) 0 Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [Re O the palaits Slaps bie soli: Soy |
Qa Pasian! Data for Evaluation
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15-20 seconds one S to N : 5
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ARE COMMENTS ik 4 |
One object circular light, size of | Probable meteor sighting.
golf ball, Color blue green, Object | |
disappeared behind clouds, Ohssrver | |
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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