Airborne over Atlantic JKGE 2814, August 1957August 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 21, 1957, a white flash or three aircraft were observed over the Atlantic Ocean near JRGE 2814 by a Pan Am 377 civilian airline pilot. The sighting was instantaneous. The object was described as white flash with three aircraft in the area. The observation time was instantaneous at 10:05 p.m. GMT on August 21. The investigation involved meteor duty control at the 64th Air Defense Squadron at Pepperrell Air Force Base, Newfoundland. No final Air Force evaluation is stated on the available pages.

Reported location

Airborne over Atlantic JKGE 2814, August 1957

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 21 August 1957
2. LOCATION: Airborne over Atlantic JRGE 2814
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT 22/0055Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Airborne-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
6. SOURCE: Pan Am 377 Civilian Airline pilot
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Instantaneous
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS, 9. COURSE: One
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: 1. Obj white flash/three a/c in area.
11. COMMENTS: Meteor duty contr 64th AD. Pepperrell AFB, N.F.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] War Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical or Probably Astronomical or Possibly Astronomical, Other [blank] Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971294