PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6966028

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1959

REPORTED LOCATION11 55N73 15WAtlantic Ocean

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
24 Nov 59 11.55N 73.15W Atlantic Ocean a Probably Balloon
4. TYFE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
RGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
Local 00 Probably Aircreft
GMT AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE * Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes a Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other...
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
3 secs one_ exploding -
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. Bright firey obj heading East at 45° Bright firey obj j heading East at 45 Description characteristic of a Description characteristic of a bolide bolide
elev obseived to explode like a roman elev obseiv ed to explode like roman observation, and case is listed as a
candle. meteor sighting.
- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR PORCE 25-N0Y53
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
56425 (25 Nov 59) G
AFN: K/ab
. INFO : C CAFS
MD C 041
ZCZCHQC176ZCBJA041
"'YY RJEZHQ
DE RBEGUH 017
Y 250159Z
FM ADMINO COMEASTSEAFRON NEW YORK
D RBEKHC/CINCLANTFLT
EEZSN/COMDT 26 NORADIV
RBEJC/COMCARIBsEAFRON RBEJC/COMCARIBSEAFRON
INFO RBEPW/CNO
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD
RJEZHQ/COFS AF RJEZHQ/COFS AF
FM-SS SANTA MONICA 25/0100 GMT
TO COMEASTSEAFRON
BT
OBJECT HEADING EAST BEARING
EXPLODED AND BURST LIKE ROMAN
CANDLE DURATION 4 SECONDS 240045 GMT YOUNG OBSERVER MASTER
BT
CFN 11 55N 73 15W 340 45 4 240045
25/0159Z NOV RBEGUH
NOTE 3 : Advance copies delivered to CIN and OOP-CP