Sondrestrom AB, Greenland, April 1953April 1953

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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 Sondrestrom AB, Greenland, April 1953 in April 1953. The full case file (6 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 18.

Reported location

Sondrestrom AB, Greenland, April 1953

Date of incident

April 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
8 April 53 03/ 22007 Sondresoron 3, Greeal nd
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
RB RR AT Asbronerdes2 {iIiTo0n)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
It wes bellisved Ly the Intelli nce Officer of Pepperrell Ta,
Cue ZX J=xoookn dowfowndland thet obldcel wis © celestlic-l Jhengie
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
3 Seconds HAL ht weg obs srvod 2% 2 pilots of [413 o/c at an 2M ithae |
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION of 15,000 rts Objcet traveled : ston course hitch seaweed |
“0 be in 2 sghalleor descendi.s tum,
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7. COURSE
Bescoendlin: :
8. PHOTOS .
0 Yes
TlNe :
: 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
O Yes
XK Ne
FORM ;
FTD ser 63 0.329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28954238

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Sondrestrom AB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1953 1953-04-01