Sweden, Finland N of Hamer, Norway, July 1958July 1958

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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 Sweden, Finland N of Hamer, Norway, July 1958 in July 1958. 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 33.

Reported location

Sweden, Finland N of Hamer, Norway, July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Sed ene ) [rwesdN Vv. : O Wes Balloon
20 Jul 58 N of Hamer, Norway O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
2124 local O Was Aircraft |
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Local O Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
oMt_20/20247 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
S. PHOTOS SOURCE Xx XWas Astronomical 1’ teor
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
| 2 Ne : vi C2 Mili ; O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RS — |
o) i dt Data for Evaluation
5-10 secs two NNW i. Tm——
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 11. COMMENTS
Two oblong objs, pale white, very on basis of bricf rpt, ohjs
bright, blue-white gas trails extended strongly suggest meteor obser-
astern approx 7 times length of objs vation w/illusion of veering
No sound. One obj ahead of other, to miss a/c.
One veered off as they came aft of
a/c. Objs appeared to be in shape of
rockets, about twice the size of jet
a/c.
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979044

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-07-01