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Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE K Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon Pepperrell AFB,Newfoundland 口 Possibly Balloon 19 December 1957 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aircraft Xx Ground-Visual Xa Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar GMT-19/2302Z 口 Was Astronomical 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical No image. 口 Possibly Astronomical X Military ONo 9.COURSE 口 Other. 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATICN 口 Unknown NE one 8 minutes 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Winds from wNw. Object maed to One object egg shaped, size of pea, NE, not balloon unless upper color red,sighted yisually and by air currents shifted. Duration, radar. object reported stationary yet description & flight pattern moved 1 1/2 NM in 8 minutes. object consist with balloon anal

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