PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6966363

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONArgentia&St Johns Area Newfoundland

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

1 Decemper 1957

Argentia &
St. Johns Area, Newfoundlan®
__ Thule AFB, Greenland

12. CONCLUSIONS:

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION

| £3:>Ground- Vi suol
OYSOZ 2, 02/02452 D Air Visual

0 Ground-Roder
D0 Air-Intercept _Redor

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Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircroft

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

lnot reported

2one minute

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

one

1. Object, large flash of light passed
across the sky. Flash appeared similar
to an explosion, Thunderous type noise
heard,

2. One object flying @ to W, moving
fast, size unknown, speed unkown,
altitude unknown, Object changed to

white then a dull red, It was 3-4
times larger than any visible star,
Horizon to Horizon,

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9. COURSE

11. COMMENTS

x Was Astronomical \iotcor
Probobly Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomicel

Other

Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
Unknown

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East

Meteor sightings. Multiple
observers from wide area.

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A NUMBER OF OBSERVERS. REPORTS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME ARE AS

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OVER ST. JOHNS A Coas52. Sot. BATEMAN SAID THE FLASH APPEARED
SIMILAR TO AN EXPLOSION, AND THAT IT CAME INTO VIEW, PASSED ACROSS ’
THE SKY IN AN EASTE
TILLING REPORTS HEARIN

DIRECTION AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEWe AIRMAN
THUNDEROUS TYPE NOISE AT THE SAME TIME

AS SEEING THE FLASH OF L\| HT» IT IS BELIEVED THAT SEVERAL OTHER UUAF
PERSONNEL IN THIS AREA OBSERVED

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5 REPORTS WERE MAD TO HIM. THREE PEOPLE REPORTED SEEING A LARGE
FIXED Tet IN THE SKY AND TWO OTHERS SAID TH TICED A BRLGUT—

FLASHING OBJECT MOVE ACROSS THE SKY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND THAT

IT SEEMED TO B ee. ANOTHER CIVILIAN REPORTED SEEING A BRIGHT

FTASH IN THE SKY AT AND A SEAMAN STATIONED A ARGENTIA NAVAL
AIR STATION REPORTED TO teen 7 THAT HE SAW A LIKE

PPENOMENA AT APPROXIMATELY @ISA7ZTHE WEATHER SECTION OF THE 64TH
CONAD CC REPORTS LOCAL WEATHER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS BEING

LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNGW SHOWERS WITH 6-18 MILES VIS AND

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LIGHTNING OR THRNDERe NO ATRCRAFT WERE IN THIS AREA THAT COULD
HAVE CAUSED THESE SIGHTINGSe NO REPGRTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF ANY

OBJECT eAND ERG EN THE GROUND IN THIS AREA THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED
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WITH OPERATION PIG IRONe DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REPORTS, IT IS
DALI OO,

BEL! EVED THAT SUCP A PHENOMENA DID OCCUR, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO
INFORMATION THAT WOULD ALLOW EVALUATION OF THESE REPORTS AT THIS ce ol
LEVELe

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ANY STAR THAT WAS VISAPLE. IT MOVED FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON IN
PADRE ONE MINUTE) SEVERAL REPORTS OF A SIGHTING AND. ..