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Case FileNARA NAID 28954245 · T1206 Roll 18

Project Blue Book Case File

Torbay Airport, Newfoundland, April 1953April 1953

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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 Torbay Airport, Newfoundland, April 1953 in April 1953. The full case file (6 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 18.

Reported location

Torbay Airport, Newfoundland, April 1953

Date of incident

April 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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