Montreal and Prestwick A/C in flight between, November 1956November 1956

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Montreal and Prestwick A/C in flight between, November 1956 in November 1956. 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 26.

Reported location

Montreal and Prestwick A/C in flight between, 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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Nl PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ig a |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Montreal and Prestwick 0 Wes Bolloan |
4 November 1956 A/C in flight between O Probably Balloon
| | 3. OATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bollosn
Loeol |  OGrundVisl O Ground-Rader 18 Prats Mrerett |
ent _05 0100Z : BXAir Visvel O Air-Intercopt Rader |© Possibly Aireroft |
3 0 [Er | |
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x yg ilitar m : 1 ” . 0 Possibly As voter be |
3 9 — kX omerrocket firing |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 3 Other LOC ot firing)
0 Unknown |
4 sightings DN E UNKNOWI
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
One object appeared as large white THX dated 14 November 56 reports
ball leaving a trail them exploded. Obj MSS Rushmore located in Davis
appeared to be a white star w/gold straits was conducting test firing
background (or flare) descending to 17, of rockets in area between Frobi-
000 ft. All a/c in area reported similar sher Bay and Goose Bay Lab,
| sightings approx same time,
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Ee RRR RRR IEEE =="~, EE Pru bv (WHET, | Tg gd

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968176

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-11-01