Argentia & St. Johns Area, Newfoundland, December 1957December 1957

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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 Argentia & St. Johns Area, Newfoundland, December 1957 in December 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

Argentia & St. Johns Area, Newfoundland, December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : :
\. DATE i 2. LOCATION Arventia & 12. CONCLUSIONS: :
: St. Johns Area, Newfoundland was Balloon
1 December 1957 Thule AFB, Greenland O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon _
0 V O Wos Aircraft
Locel 21607 5 83 /05452 B:Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
GMT lls 3 DO AieVisuadl O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aireraft
E |'s. PHOTOS « SOURCE x .Was Astrenomical JMotcor
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
0.%e Military & Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 5 Ofte lo nrtin F ey RA
lnot reported g ihaliireien) Dota for Evaluation
2one minute one East Nias i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: 1, Object, large flash of light passed | Meteor sightings, Multiple
across the sky. Flash appeared similar | observers from wide area.
to an explosion, Thunderous type noise
heard,
2. One object flying © to W, moving
fast, size unknown, spuced unkown,
altitude unknown, Object changed to
white then a dull red, I(t was 3-4 .
] times larger than any visible star,
Horizon to Horizon,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975581

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-12-01