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Case FileNARA NAID 28982993 · T1206 Roll 35

Project Blue Book Case File

Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada, April 1959April 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 Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada, April 1959 in April 1959. The full case file (3 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 35.

Reported location

Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada, April 1959

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
0 April 59

2. LOCATION
Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 07/2030Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
☑ Ground-Visual
☐ Ground-Radar
☐ Air-Visual
☐ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
☐ Yes
☑ No

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
less than 5 min

7. [illegible]

8. SOURCE
Civilian

9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, silver obj, 45 ft in diameter. Disappeared very fast to the east.

12. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☑ Probably Balloon
☐ Possibly Balloon
☐ Was Aircraft
☐ Probably Aircraft
☐ Possibly Aircraft
☐ Was Astronomical
☐ Probably Astronomical
☐ Possibly Astronomical
☐ Other
☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
☐ Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Probably a balloon launched fm Grand Prairie, Alberta Canada.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982993

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