Qutdlingssat, Sarqaq, Claushayn, Greenland, January 1959January 1959

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Summary

On January 13, 1959, civilian witnesses in Greenland reported bright objects in the sky over several settlements, including Qutdligssat, Sarqaq, and Claushavn. The first sighting was about 2 p.m. local time (1400Z), with others following.

Witnesses described a greenish blue, ball shaped object that gave off a very bright radiating light and a tail of light. It moved very fast from north to south. About 1600Z a similar light was seen on the same course, this time with a tail that looked like the exhaust from a jet engine. From another settlement, an observer saw a rocket like object with an exhaust tail going west then turning south, glowing reddish.

The report described three separate sightings with similar features. The Air Force concluded the case was astronomical. The record card said the descriptions had all the characteristics of fireballs, and that there were two meteor showers during this period.

Reported location

Qutdlingssat, Sarqaq, Claushayn, Greenland, January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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CRU PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Hg
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Qutdligssat, Sarqaq, 0 Wes Balloon
1 Claus n p 0 Probably a
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION _ TROY S—
Local 1500Z and EX Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Reder O Was Aircraft
: : a Probably Aircraft
5S. PHOTOS BX Wos Astronomicel'ireball
O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
TONe : Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JE TR ——
O Insufficient Date for Evaluotion
0 Unknown b
not given one N to S
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ‘ 1. COMMENTS
Greenish-blue obj with very bright light Description has all characteristid
‘1 radiating and a tail of light. Obj was ball- of fireball. Sightings of 3 separate
shaped, Tail looked like exhaust from jet. meteors. There are two meteor shower :
Three separate sighting: with same characte during this period.
istics, Color of second sighting red.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 36 SEP $2)
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