PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8856322

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONSweden Finland Nof Hamer Norway

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Suavenes ) FracAand. Wes Balloon

20 Jul 58 N of Hamer, Norwa Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

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Possibly Aircroft

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Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

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3. NUMBER OF OBJE

5-10 secs two

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Two oblong objs, pale white, very On basis of bricf rpt, objs
bright, blue-white gas trails extended strongly suggest meteor obser-
astern approx 7 times length of objs vation w/illusion of veering
No sound. One obj ahead of other, to miss a/c.

One veered off as they came aft of
a/c. Objs appeared to be in shape of
++ "iad about twice the size of jet
a/C.

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WITH NO CLOUD COVER. ADDITIONAL INFOt ‘SIGHTING oF THESE TVO OBJECTS
ALSO OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND BY FOUR (4) PEOPLE IN OSLO ®

ON SAME EVENING APPROXIMATELY ‘20302. _OB eae WERE IN VIEW BETWEEN

S16 SECOND. APPEARED TO)E INCSHAPE OF ROCKETS.) VERY BRIGHT - .
LOOKED AS IFCREFLECTING SUN RAYS)OFF OBJECTS.» BOTH OBJECTS FLHING e
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| the Daa all with @ lobe tail was observed on July 20 by a number
Z of persons in central Sweden. The Stockholm observatory at Salts jobaden

: velieves that it was probably an unusually bright meteor. It was also
reported by defense observers in northern Sweden the same night that ey
“| they had seen a huge fire ball which resembled a rocket.,.It was seen An
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4 1 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT--A strange bright object was seen moving in
; . the sky In“south Finland at 2200 on July 20. According to eyewitnesses,
| ; the object was shaped like a goblet, one end shining brightly. It was seen .
for four to five seconds, moving northwest. It was also reported from Norway
f that at 2230 Finnish time two strange lights had been seen moving rapidly :
; northwest, leaving behind a greenish-yellow trail. (Helsinki, Home,
¥ July 21, 1958, 0430 GMT--L) (UNCLASSIFIED) - Dis Mie ahs Sete
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September 23, 1958

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