Philippines, October 1959October 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 Philippines, October 1959 in October 1959. The full case file (5 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 37.

Reported location

Philippines, October 1959

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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¢ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 O Vas Balloon
j Teter Al a | Pritinoires [m] Srobanly Balloon
{ "3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a
md lus Jus 2 iE LCOS LL oT : 0 Was Aircraft
| Local cdl jius 2 OGround- Visual GO Ground-Radar OQ Probably Aircraft
CMT 2125 - 2140 O Air-Visuadl O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireroft
ge 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
; ; 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
a 1 Ne AMlitery O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othee_ Unidentified
1 3: Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
REE ; gl Se 0 Unknown Nid |
15 mins one Jest to NE
ast aT a) i es na WSR aN a a DT es Ss
! 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i 1 Rnd or wval, red Br orange red - size of The angular velocity indicates that
i. fpasketdall at arm's length - Obj described this obj was an afc of somes type, (possit
E as egg shaped with point down and drignt spot | However, it was viewed through a 30 X
Eo near base - triangular through a 30 power telescope and no details were apparent.
3 telescope. i1so the 15 min duration is rather |
i excessive for an a/c sighting. Duration
3 00 short for a belloon observation.
y No rptd a/c in vicinity at time of rpt.
; Cl Case 1iisted as unidentified.
I 1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984836

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-10-01