49.25N 53.30W (Atlantic), November 1951November 1951

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 49.25N 53.30W (Atlantic), November 1951 in November 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

49.25N 53.30W (Atlantic), November 1951

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE | © LOCATION (12. CONCLUSIONS fos
| 2 Hov 51 1Ge25N 53,301 (Atlantic 0 Wes Balloon
Bed diionie ga Ee | oid aloe hod \/ _ ) 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF ODSERVATION —19 Pessilly Balloon
fet fo) Vis 1 0 Was Aircraft
Local Re a Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Redor 0 Probobly Aireraf?
Ee Be Sramanend ii i n Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intarcopt Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes ; 0 Probably Astronomical
iF No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE u BEE
3 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
liot Reported 1 ea time Descending 0 Unknown
13. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS RR GDS
Cbservation from PAL flight of descending Investizating a/c pilot expressed
: green flares, Second flare observed during doubt as Lo weather PAA pilot could
descent and circling area in search of source [have been light from 15,000 ft,
Military afc diverted to area and arrived 3 Also expressed doubt that could
hrs later, Observed small flashing green have been mistzken for a flare,
Lacon. low search made and one small fishing
vessel observed in areca, Insufficient
data for evaluation,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940272

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-11-01