Labrador Goose Bay-Frobisher Bay, November 1956November 1956

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Summary

On November 11, 1956, the crew of an Air Force C-54 transport saw one object near Goose Bay, Labrador, on a route between Goose Bay and Frobisher Bay. The object was in view for about 15 to 20 seconds while the aircraft flew at about 12,000 feet.

The crew described a fast moving amber light about 10 miles to the left of their aircraft. The light came up quickly from behind, passed at high speed, and pulled away ahead before it disappeared. The reporting aircraft was flying at about 200 knots. The navigator said he saw no navigation lights on the object. No other air traffic was known to be in the area, and there was no radar contact.

A later message reported that the object was probably a rocket. The ship USS Rushmore was conducting rocket firing tests in the Davis Strait area between Frobisher Bay and Goose Bay at the time. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Labrador Goose Bay-Frobisher Bay, November 1956

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ge
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
; Labrador ‘ 0 Wos Balloon
1 vember 1956 Goose Bay - Frobisher Ba O Probably Ee
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local —————— O Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador a RL Rvaris
GMT XXAir Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS «9 O Wos Astronomicel
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Ho Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ®. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE _other—-ROCket
0 ' Insufficient Dare for Evaluation
0 Unknown
15-20 seconds one N/A |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
Crew of A/C sighted amber object Duration extremely short for a/c
about 10 miles distant overtaking Subsequent TWX indicated that
and passing a/c. Thought to be jet the object was 2a rocket as the
type a/c. Light came up fast and USS Rushmore was conducting
pulled ahead of reporting a/c and rocket firing tests in Davis
disappeared. Speed of reporting a/c Strait area between Goose Bay
was 200 knots. No air traffic known and Frobisher Bay.
to be in area and no radar contact,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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