PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6959919

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONApprox114Miles Fast Of Cape Canaveral Fla

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t PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Approx 114 Mqles Fast of Was Balloon
6 nct 59 Cece Canaveral, Fla. 100 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 06/06157 AirVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astronomical
x8No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 8 Other.. Missile
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not given Unknown
one Fast by North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj proceeding at high speed surrounded Probably Thor missile fired on this
halo or light. Both glow date. Headings ore coincidental.
and obj disappeared fm sight near ster rigel
in constellation Orion. A flashing white
light was seen for a few sees.
ATIC FORM 9 (REV V 26 SEP 52)
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YY RJEZHQ
DE RBEKSN J028
Y 061515Z
FM CCGD SEVEN MIAMI FLA
TO RJWFAL/CINCONADCOM
ZEN/COMEASTSEAFRON
ZEN/CINCLANTFLT
INFO ZEN/COMDT INFO ZEN/COMDT COGARD COGARD
ZEN/COMEASTAREA COGARD ZEN/COMEASTAREA COGARD
USCG GRNC
BT
FOL REC FROM MV DEFENDER/GTRT AT 0615O8Z QUOTE OCT -6 06O1GMT POSIT FOL REC FROM MV DEFENDER/GTRT AT O615O8Z QUOTE OCT -6 06O1GMT POSIT
SIGHTED OBJECT IN SKY PROCEEDING AT HIGH SPEED BY NORTH
WHITE LIGHT WAS SEEN FOR A FEW SECONDS X DEFENDER COURSE 065
TRUE AT 13 KNOTS UNQUOTE
NOTE : Advance copy delivered to CIN
Corrected copy. Corrected portions underlined.
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2354 N. 2828.
256 BASE
117 miCE5-
Reqn 1csd so0 se c.
83TH CL0w.
D5APpE0QC DuSeppE0QED NEAR RIGEL (ORION) NEAR RIGEL
AT APPRsx APPRsX 28000
FLAsiiNG
SEEN 2TM CC0E5. SEEN WTH CCSES.
MV.DEFENDER MV. DEFENDER
CouRsE 665 665 2 TRuE TRUE
Koits.
CCCD -7 M.am FLA
Cinco ONADCON
Fasme2 S CRsancc

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Natural Phemomena (Ball 1
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Analysis and Conclusions: ConrAer WITH CoL IoOkS -
Ronce OPSRATINS OFFUCER AT CADE
WASINFORMEO THAF TOHUS was PCSPABLY
AND oN TAIS
THE TrOR THEY FIREO
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The OBUECT THES
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