Goose Bay, Labrador, March 1956March 1956

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On March 23, 1956, military aircrew reported one object near Goose Bay, Labrador. The pilot, co-pilot, and an observer aboard a flight saw it. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The crew first saw the object at their ten o'clock position about four minutes after leveling off at 38,500 feet on a heading of 070 degrees. It approached from the east, appearing 2 to 3 miles to their left and somewhat above. It then passed to their left and moved behind the aircraft. Both pilots watched it for about 60 seconds and estimated its speed at 600 to 680 knots. The object was round and bright blue, trailing heavy yellow-orange fire and sparks. Its overall shape was a teardrop, and it flew level.

The Air Force concluded the case was a jet aircraft. The record said the object looked like the tail fire of a jet flying away and that the duration was too long for a meteor.

Reported location

Goose Bay, Labrador, March 1956

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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1 : i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | R |
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

0) Was Balloon

: 23 March 1956 oose Ray, Labrador a] Brobakly Balleon

| 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BGT ERyRly DRiean

] ) BY JE MOCO A SE 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a TH8 Arent

b out. 23/103897 © Ales Visuol Q Air-Intarcapt Radar |B Possibly Alreralt

5 PHO ; » soUAcH 0 Waa Asiveneriael

B Yes : DO Probably Astronomical
Yi No Military . O Possibly Astronomical
Ee ee A Ee er et i a Vl I A A Se ES its tt |

3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS | 9 COURSE fs OME nl

: 0 Inautiicient Dara for Evaluation
4 < 0 Unknown :

60 seconds one east to west :

p 10, BRIZ® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1), COMMENTS :

1 One round object blue in color, trail Object looked like tail fire
4 ing.heavy yellow - orange fire and spdrks of jet going away. Duration
1 Over all shape was a teardrop. excessive for meteor. Case

3 evaluated as jet a/c.

3 | ATI6 FORM 329 (REV 28 B2P 33) :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965211