Greenland, November 1951November 1951

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 Greenland, November 1951 in November 1951. The full case file (2 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 9.

Reported location

Greenland, November 1951

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
26 November 1951

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT- 26/2138Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Object in the NW of sky. A gradual lighting was observed from black to bluish to red fading in 10 seconds. Sound of explosion charing of windows occurred 5# to 6 min later.

2. LOCATION
Greenland

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual    [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual        [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient Data. Initial message not received

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940367

Connected across the archive

Organizations

CHIEF OF STAFF US AIR FORCE CS RRAGO REPPERHELL AFB NFFD DIR CSI

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Greenland

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-11-01 26 November 1951 29 Nov 51