SW of Herschel Island, Canada, January 1959January 1959

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Summary

On January 23, 1959, a civilian southwest of Herschel Island, Canada, reported an object low in the sky. The man was taking weather observations at a remote station. The object was watched for about 32 minutes around dawn (0800Z).

He described one round object with a flat bottom, about the size of half an orange held at arm's length, and orange in color. It appeared to be stationary, about 3 or 4 degrees above the surface, on a bearing of 310 degrees and about 3 or 4 miles away. When watched steadily there seemed to be slight movement. It disappeared suddenly without fading or moving.

The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical. Officials said the long duration and lack of movement led them to believe it was the moon. A check showed the moon was in the exact position, partly hidden by cloud just above the horizon.

Reported location

SW of Herschel Island, Canada, January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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| ay PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD hee : |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Was Balloon
: 23 Jan 50 SW of Herschel Island, Canada - 4 on
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dacs db coe id
Local KGround-Visuel O Ground-Rader a Probate Are
aan SNES 718007 O Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar | J Possibly Aircroft
| PHOTO! JOUR Bx Was Astronemicel Moon
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
i QNe Civilian O Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE ss a
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown :
0 nin one tationam
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS /
Round obj with Flat bottom, size of Check indicated moon in exact
1/2 an crange at arms length. Color orange. position given pertially hidden
by cloud wvover just above Rgorizon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2¢ SRP 53) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981772