Over Ping Gung, Formesa, January 1959January 1959

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 Over Ping Gung, Formesa, January 1959 in January 1959. 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 35.

Reported location

Over Ping Gung, Formesa, January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

¢ Sia) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD J
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Balloon
12 Jan 99 Over Ping Gung, Formesa 0 ar 4 a ph
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ORT Sr—
w 0 Was Aircraft
LOO ci ———————— 0 Ground-Visuval O Ground-Rador 0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT QQ CCAir Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS SOURCE Oi Was Astronomical (FMA v7
: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
: 8 No : O Possibly Astronomicel :
! | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other eee
i O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
i 0 Unknown
i 2 M310 eo) STATLOILAL A
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
Globe shaped obj, size of pea. Colors of The obj was stationary for 30
‘| red, green and white. Appeared stationary mins. A check with astro charts
| but could not close at .9 Mach. indicates the Star Fomalhaut was in
: Obj faded from sight. the position given. |
4
"ATIC FORM 320 (REV 20 3RP $2)
| : ‘
7 TR SURE TSR RR Loatleanineiin £ pa

/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981716

Connected across the archive

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-01-01