Kindley AFB, Bermuda, September 1958September 1958

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Summary

On September 23, 1958, at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, an airman on control tower duty reported sighting a reddish light within 10 miles of the airport at an altitude of approximately 4,000 feet. The object appeared to be traveling at great speed and was visible for about one minute. A radar operator on duty also sighted an object that traveled in several directions on the radar scope, moving faster than normal aircraft and fading as if very high or very low. Radar contact was made four times. The object appeared to be small. No sightings were reported to radar departure control, and the U.S. Navy control tower was alerted. Investigation revealed the Navy had no aircraft aloft in the area. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Kindley AFB, Bermuda, September 1958

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
23 September 1958

2. LOCATION
Kindley AFB, Bermuda

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 0420
GMT: 2300, 23Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No [checked]

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
N-E, driven [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Reddish light at an alt of approx 3 to 4000ft. appeared to be traveling at great speed. A radar operator picked up obj which traveled in several directions on the radar scope. Obj was traveling faster than mach 1. Faded on scope as if it were very high or low. Radar contact made 4 times. Obj appeared to be small type a/c.

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

11. COMMENTS
Very little info for prop evaluation. Radar track could have been interference.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979973