SW Goose Bay Labrador, April 1961April 1961

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Summary

On April 11, 1961, the crew of a SAC KC-97 aircraft saw an object over Goose Bay, Labrador. The report puts the plane about 25 nautical miles southwest of Goose Bay, flying at 13,000 feet. The object appeared ahead of and above the aircraft's line of flight. It then split into two parts and burned.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports. The duration was not given. Based on the other details, the Air Force evaluated the sighting as a bolide type meteor.

Reported location

SW Goose Bay Labrador, April 1961

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
11 Aor 61 3! Goose Bay Labrador 0 Was Balloon
8) Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION § Fosiiny Suen
a Vi ¥ 0 Wos Aircraft
Local TTT RT H-Ground Yisual 0 Ground-Raodor Q Probably Aircraft
ey As role Ae = § Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft & ici
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0. Was Astronomical glide
OYes NR + Probably Astronomical
O'Ne a O Possibly Astronomical
RPE HO ITE 7... Sh SE Ron CALCU SEMIS JE SHE 0 br CH Es RRR SE Pl
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BB U0 iinmiiinsiisisimtsnintt
i a 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
, Jhethed ne oL <Lven 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Nn lect, appearing 3 of and zbove tne dtnouzn the duration was not glven 8 51 4
ynservars a/c oreaxing Into two parus ma other indications are that this was the
areing., Viewed oy Sal Crew ol KC=%7, sighting of a bolide tyme meteor and
| the caze is evaluated as such,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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