SE of Newfoundland, April 1958April 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 SE of Newfoundland, April 1958 in April 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

SE of Newfoundland, April 1958

Date of incident

April 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

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1. DATE 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

3 1 Was Ballaonn

= 23 Any 58K QE of Newfoundland {8 Probably Balloon !
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I; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ier FRozRIEly Balloon

id = : 0 Was Aircraft

: ~e [ a. 5 ac -Radc

| | Localities Samniibl nih ate as les YT Ground-Visual Ground-Radar | 0 Probably Aircraft

E- 4 Tp) = ry | “i i ¢

a (of Vin cE FAL Vn Co i EA | 0 AirVisual 0 Air-intercept Radar [# Possibly Aircroft

: 5. PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE AR ANS TT) — |® Was AstronomicatMeteor

E O Yes {2 Probably Astronomical

f ; ~D:No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical

i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Eli Othap tl ieee sca tg :
12 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation .
| : CO Unknown
| CIE Re oy VERS BE Ee ee 015 = DRS EOS oh LE CS A ON
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
“ : A streak, mostly white; slightly I'ne description is characteristic
= | range w/a smoke trail. Burned out, pia stn real wor hod bide
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| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978006

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-04-01