Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 1959June 1959

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 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 1959 in June 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 36.

Reported location

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 1959

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

J

4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i

: 1. DATE g 2. LOCATION © 12. CONCLUSIONS Fe
: 0 Yas Balloon

: LO Jun 5¢ Bcmonton, Alberta, Cana 0 Probably Balloon

4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sli fase BRkeoh
] : : b 0 Was Aircraft

: Local FN FR er es ee 8, Gouna: Visual & Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

3 GMT JE ROA Ril | 0 Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

E 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomizal

E Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

; £1 No tid lian 0 Possibly Astronomical

: 7. LENGTH OF O3S5ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF 0BJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other [MITDNERMTRTED
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
X { A 0 Unknown

bl 4omins ! rising

f: EE Te Ee Ee ee Tt eo 227 re Terr rn pe CL Sure MEP CL TACT SD) APU (918 et terete ttt etree semester ect,
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

i Hlongated, cigar-shaped obj of brownish color No logic conclusion reached &

i ‘fabout the size of a small flock of ducks case considered unidentitisa.

E: observed to rise fm just balow the horizon

i into alto-stratus chouds. Chservation thru

; (X binoculars. Bdges of cb j seemed blurred.

F obj rose vertically. Disappearance was at LO-

] 50° elevation. Sighting in daylight. WX rptd

i] ~ [2s vis O mi, one tengh cloud cover, w/ceid ling

«| bona SEE oa Va, Vp EST XG Cram 1] AEST RE i ag 7 SET AE « Fr) “JAA

4 [Cav [yd LU, J 48 15 8 LUs~ Valin OU=-{ JL J E AOL

2 to liorth. Initial observaiion below horizon

: against a background of zea ice. Two witnessed.

ATIC FORM 329 (REY 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983549

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Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-06-01