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Case FileNARA NAID 28977847 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Atlantic Ocean off Virginia, April 1958April 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 off Virginia, April 1958 in April 1958. The full case file (2 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 32.

Reported location

Atlantic Ocean off Virginia, April 1958

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 Apr 58

2. LOCATION
Atlantic Ocean off Virginia

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
CMT 15/2317Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Military Coast Guard

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[blank]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
2

9. COURSE
West

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteors
[X] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two fiery objs leaving long rod trails traveling together West toward ocean view.

11. COMMENTS
Probably meteors.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977847

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Organizations

CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTER HANSCOM AFB MASSCOMDR 536 ADIV LANGLEY AFB VACOMDR TAC LANGLEY AFB VACOP USAF WASH DCMilitary Coast Guard

Installations

HanscomLangley Air Force Base

Places

Atlantic Ocean off Virginia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

15 Apr 5819581958-04-01

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