Taiwan (Formesa), January 1959January 1959

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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 Taiwan (Formesa), January 1959 in January 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 35.

Reported location

Taiwan (Formesa), January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

SEL PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD A)
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Balloon
~ 2 1wa Fornaesa O Probably Balleon
"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION § Vesnsy Sate
BNI Gertie OX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Probably Airer Pe
emt 12/1900Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS JOURt O Was Astronomical
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
XiNe ; Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR RT —
Bx end Dete for Evaluvotion] |
not given one n | not given —_—— |
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
| Red, green and white globe, rotating Very little informatim concerning
1 in clockwise motion. Obj was not painted the obj in this rpt. The elevation
on air or ground radar. and azimuth not given. This Cénter
is unable to evaluate this rpt due
to the limited information.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 2¢ SEP $2) :
| /
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SRSA TER A RR BL ws ER ‘ irk

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981730

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-01-01