SE of Newfoundland, April 1959April 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 1, 1959, at 7:43 a.m. near Limatuontauri, a witness reported seeing what appeared to be a rocket traveling from east to west at coordinates 40 degrees 35 minutes north, 46 degrees 32 minutes east. The object moved from a direction of 120 degrees toward 300 degrees at a very high altitude and high rate of speed. The witness watched the object appear from the east and disappear to the west. The witness noted the object could have been a falling star but did not believe so, stating it seemed to be propelled. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

SE of Newfoundland, April 1959

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 April 59

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [blank]
GMT 0370/0432

5. PHOTOS
No
Yes

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Obj w/appearance of a rocket, very high & traveling at very high rate of speed in East to West.

2. LOCATION
35 of Limatuontauri

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
Air Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
None

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Limited information makes valid conclusion impossible. Most probable cause is misinterpretation of meteor.

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