57Deg 21'N 19Deg23'W off Goose AB, New Foundland, October 1956October 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 57Deg 21'N 19Deg23'W off Goose AB, New Foundland, October 1956 in October 1956. The full case file (5 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 26.

Reported location

57Deg 21'N 19Deg23'W off Goose AB, New Foundland, October 1956

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

NRITR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
A SA SA A
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
n2O021T YN NOD
; fa 2 ‘ = t L id d : 19 Was Balloon |
21 October 1000 off Goose Ab, [SV Foundlanal|o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
O Wes Aircraft
I ——S id - A
Local . goon 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador O Probably Aireraft
GM  21/18206 eee © Air Visvol 0 Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE OJ ‘Was Astronomical lieteor
J O Yes DO Probobly Astronomical
; «<Q No viilitary OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9: COURSE D Other ———
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
& A 0 Unknown
| 5 geomds ' onc down into sea
10. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
one round object, ball of fire, size puration too short for missile.
of pea, color rgd, white and S3mOKCe Object has all characteristics
Appeared as flash in the sky and of meteor and case Cons idered as
disappearcd into sea straight down astro (ieteor) sighting.
k a t 4 9) d 1 y ©
| AS
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEF 52)
ar. BRI on BAD S40 SM SHLAA SAN TE OM SAIC He 2 5
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968039

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

57Deg 21'N 19Deg23'W off Goose AB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-10-01