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Case FileNARA NAID 28982441 · T1206 Roll 35

Project Blue Book Case File

Grand Bahama Island, West Indies, March 1959March 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 Grand Bahama Island, West Indies, March 1959 in March 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 35.

Reported location

Grand Bahama Island, West Indies, March 1959

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balicon
10 May 5Q Grond Bahong Tsland, West Indies (®] Fer Rn
pe 55 An ds ’ oe ‘hed a A — “ Bd le nd whe bet a mh 3 (FASE a - Sebel bd rd B
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
. 0 Was Aircraft
- x - 3
0-1-1 | [—————— 0 Ground-Visuol Ground-Rador 01 Probably Aircraft
™N¢ NY) AOE a H H
CMT. lege 2-000 4 dia DO AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
Q Ne REL Tre 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGT™ OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ET TE ——
0 Insufficiant Data for Evaluotion
a So QO Unknown
29 ans One varied
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
FP5-0 Radar picked up cb which maneuvers i No a/e comnected with test, C Bl
4 & followed missile subsonic test frou for a/c in area negative. aquest for
Patrick AFB at 0018Z, CbJ converged on sdiitional information as 10 lisvy &
nissile & scope then received returns cf other possible n/c in vicinity not repldj:c
both missile & obj. WA clecr & no inter- to. Obj was probably an a/c, however
fexreace, source not concluded, Case listed ac
insufficient data since confirmation
of spzeific a/c not avallable,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982441

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