Approx 114 Miles Fast Of Cape Canaveral, Fla., October 1959October 1959

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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 Approx 114 Miles Fast Of Cape Canaveral, Fla., October 1959 in October 1959. 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 37.

Reported location

Approx 114 Miles Fast Of Cape Canaveral, Fla., October 1959

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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i : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS {
3 mryer er 11 - & Th or
: 4 | --PPTOX Lis Miles Fast of 0 Wos Balloon
Lag a 6 00g 50 Cape Conaveral, Fla, Li Repay Belteen
3. DATE-TIME GRCUP o 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION ny
; ; 3 0 Was Aircraft
Local eee B2:6round- Visual 0 Ground-Radar QO Probobly Aircraft
4 GMT 06 / 0615 # Q Air VYisual O Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
Bh 5. PHOTOS [® SOURCE O Was Astronomical
3 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
1 8 No , | oik idan O Possibly Astronomical
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Yo 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8X Oithsrotdegaiar.
fi O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
i { 2 Ky . |8 Unknown
3 not given one Fast by North
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ba
Obj proceeding at high speed swrrounded Probably Thor missile fired on this
-|by reddish yellow halo or light. Both glow date. Headings are ccincidental.
and obj disappeared fm signt near star rigel :
i: in constellation Nrion, A flashing white
2 light was seen for a few secs.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984893

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-10-01