Atlantic Ocean, 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 Atlantic Ocean, December 1958 in December 1958. 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 34.

Reported location

Atlantic Ocean, December 1958

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Atlantic Ocean 0 Vas Balloon
IR Desambor 105; 21 Mi N of Marshallbhares .+ | 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Be FSsribly nelieon
: : 1 0 Was Aircraft
to alata digits Lhd don dha te cai 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador (1 Probably Aircraft
3 fj 12 /923157 Ae Air Vi suol BE Kit tarcant Radar 0 Possibly Aircrafs
fe "PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
.ONo Civilian oh Si cmansibly. Asjranomi col
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OX Other__LllsSsils
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
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ca Ape holed Sl 0 20 de Fee EE a eH FG Ei ia 0) 05 RAS Gn EXTANT. 10D 0d v2 0 Re EER HAR RE CST Sa
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
gE LY Obj w/tapered shape, size of srghting characteristic of
90 gallon oil drum, Reddish color missile, Possible NASA activity
wired trail of fire approx 5 miles at Wallops Island,
long. No sound, ;
2) Cirvis rpt. Obj spotted travel-
ing East, passing to South & ciimb-
ing . Appeared to be rocket. Obj
] arced back toward ocean.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981384

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-12-01