St Johns, Newfoundland, August 1959August 1959

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 St Johns, Newfoundland, August 1959 in August 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

St Johns, Newfoundland, August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

: iC PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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[1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 3 0 Was Bolloon
22 Aug 59 3t Johns, Newfoundland O Probably Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ——|0 Possibly Balloon
4 : 0 Was Aircroft
1 Local mae ee 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
1) GMT ou57% &-Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0.{Was Astronomical Meteor |
EL O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
1 -@& No Civilian pilots 0 Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0D /Othersima Lick om tas BER Said
iE O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
A 0 Unknown
D cang 1k falling ee ———————————aeimtaameacts
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Bright light traveling straight down. Probably a very high meteor.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984270

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-08-01