DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7069670
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONKuopio Finland
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
19 August 1956 Kuopio, Finland 00 Probably Bolleon 1
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balleon Possibly Balleon
Local 2100 XGround-Visual ExGround-Visval Ground-Roder Ground-Radar o Was Aircraft Was Aireraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 19/1900Z GMT_19/1900Z AirVisuel Air-intercept Rader Air-intercept Rader 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS SOURCE D Was Astronomical
Yes Yes 000 00 Probably Astronomical
ONo XOxNe Helsinki Newspaper PossiblyAstronomical
7. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other Other.
X ox Insufficient Insufficient Date Date valustion
D 0 Unknowm Unknowm
two hours one one unknown unknown
T. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
News article
Flying Saucer Kuopio, Sunday. Late on
Saturday night pheno- Insuffi
menen was sighted e-skies over
Kuopio. The light visible for more
than and sappeared Director
in a light which
approache Kuopio 2100 looked exac- 19-31Ang
tly like e phenoment seen in Kuopio Maxwell AFB, Alabama ArTN: Archives B:anch Aerospace Studies In
during mid-summer. RETURN TO: 1956
ATIC FORM 329 (R 26 SEP 52)
Public-domain United States government records (USAF Project Blue Book, NARA microfilm publication T-1206). Machine transcription from microfilm scans — typewritten bodies read well; stamps, marginalia and handwriting imperfectly. Pages marked poor legibility await re-examination. Source scans are linked unaltered on every case file.