Novorossisk, U.S.S.R., February 1958February 1958

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 Novorossisk, U.S.S.R., February 1958 in February 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Novorossisk, U.S.S.R., February 1958

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
A ox ee er Ty Pe
1. DATE { 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
WHEE bi 0 Was Balloon
i GICs Feb 1 Mar 58 | Novorossisk, U.S.S.R. oO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF CBSERYATION [RHOBS el SER
local | ‘0 Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar 0  Wos Aircraft
A Ts # 1 Probably Aircraft
: 00 i - H i i
CMT 2100 | 0 AirYisual O Air-Intercept Radar he Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS | 8 SOURCE |C Was Astronomical
0 Yes . | |B Probably Astronomical
0 No 3 ivilian [2 Possibly Astronomical
eb b= re ee EP A RE oe Ee POE rt
7. LENGTH OF CBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ft Othershort ranoa rag
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
} : ke 0 Unknown #
imknown { one iS oth i
PRL RE FA SR CORID BATE it ot ee DRUG AT Bel fe Re ep
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Lh COMMENTS
UFO airborne over mountains flew very| Fm the limited info given, the
high speed in Southerly direction. characteristics neuvers ad
i Three red lights seen at far end of & description of the incident |
trajec GOI Droceduare rape?’ ted five indicate that CB is an Bie
or sé¢x times at 15 min intervals. performing short range focke
\1s0 observed on succe=zding nights. firing probably ya practice
firing or gunnery area.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977201

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-02-01