Gander AB, Newfoundland, April 1955April 1955

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 Gander AB, Newfoundland, April 1955 in April 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

Gander AB, Newfoundland, April 1955

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| I. DATE apn A OBATION is Sig 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| : 0 Was Balloon
| 8 April 1955 Gander AB, Newfounoland (0 Sk 4 Roan
- - pas lt, 0, - - - —— - ———— oa - So— - - —— - pa— =n ous - - - -- cs ——— —. ———— % h 55) 3 | )
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION I Possibly Balloon
She TV) . dfs 0 Was Aircraft
; i Loess PORE —— #8 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Alrcraft
CMT. 09/02507 Shot 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
— Ne | Foreign Military, RCAF _|D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RRR a
XX Insufficient Dara for Evaluction
E Unknown
| — 50.90 Seconds | one eines EE ET
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jn COMMENTS
| Very bright continuous glow, Alt | Insuificient data for evaluation,
of 5000 feet or less. Intense white
| light like magnesium burning, Move-
ment erratic,
| |
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Ep a a PE RUC RR SR
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961701

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Gander AB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-04-01