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Case FileNARA NAID 28983892 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

SE Of Cheju Do Island, July 1959July 1959

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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 SE Of Cheju Do Island, July 1959 in July 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 36.

Reported location

SE Of Cheju Do Island, July 1959

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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i ] PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD kn :

E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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b O Was Balloon

i 50 Jul 59 om of Chesdu Do Island QO Probably Balloon

i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ol HE Cb

i not otter i

3 Local ROC given 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar a era

i GMT 2 c/o 2 $= O:Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

5 5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

5 O Yes O Probably Astronomical

: 6 Ne 11 itary CTE ame

” _————— oncbouys & Smokelights

EP 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE no} 1 {Ain rn is aden

(i very fast then 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation | |

gE : LAT Smenvissi EES ne HE Unk no wn

i not given { then 10 stationary |

A 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

: Two pilots sighted 7 vessels, rhine abreast Smoke from flares prompted rpt. Led to

: laying smoke, These vessels were traveling at location of sonobouy dyemarkers. |

; nigh speed and appeared to one observer to Lighting clarified by CNO.

; be submarines. Observers returned to area

: later, vessels were gone, but spotters observdd f |
A what appeared to be ddrge crange objs, about JO /
i in nuaber under the water, linc abreast, evel

i; spaced, about size of previous vessels.

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