PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6979850

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONPepperrell AFB Newfoundland

FRAMES3

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