SE Of Newfoundland, April 1960April 1960

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 1960 in April 1960. 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 38.

Reported location

SE Of Newfoundland, April 1960

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE % 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS BE
A SE ay 0 Yas Bolloon Lo
9 Apr 60 SE of Newloundland O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bi; ey Fr |
FE 1 . 0 Was Aicroft
Loca! ER TE SE 0 Ground-Visua! DO Ground-Rodar 8 Probobly Alrcraty
OLB? An it i :
: gut. 1QO0452 Apr 60 or Air Vi sual 0 Alr-Intercept Roder | Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | “8. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomicol = pogo
. - [} . dae Ww LIGA
Cl You & : XJ Probobly Astronomical
REN id No Militery 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O33ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | BRE ;
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
3-4 sec ona SW 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING Sa TT |. COMMENTS Sh 1
“Comet teil," size of bassball, flame only Probably meteor,
was seen, moving in arc on SW course. Similar
object observed to the north of this sighting
a few nigutas later.
PUTNEY, Lh ee A SA ra A
ATIC FORM 320 {RZV 25 SEP 52)
- AE
: ig

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986477

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-04-01