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Case FileNARA NAID 28981263 · T1206 Roll 34

Project Blue Book Case File

52.30N 05.04E/Off W Coast, December 1958December 1958

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 52.30N 05.04E/Off W Coast, December 1958 in December 1958. The full case file (3 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 34.

Reported location

52.30N 05.04E/Off W Coast, December 1958

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 December 1958

2. LOCATION
39.30N 05.0E/Port W coast

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible]
0422/0347Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar
Not day

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Swedish Fishing Vessels

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
2 to N

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Strong greenish light traveling at great speed. Obj exploded or disintegrated in flight.

11. COMMENTS
Description is of a meteor.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981263

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATICDamatschi Cape AirlinesHQ USAFSwedish Fishing Vessels

Places

Oslo, NorwayPort W coastScandinaviaW. of Akesfjord, NorwayW. of Narvsos, Norway

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

19581958-12-012 December 1958

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