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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 26 25 July 1956 | 2. LOCATION a/c in flight 43°12' N - 49°30' W 500 Mi SE of Gander, Newfnd | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 27/0112Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian (airlines pilot) | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15-20 seconds | …

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

IN REPLY REFER TO: 5D 24-21-181

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAF
2ND DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, LOND
27 September 1956

SUBJECT: (Confidential)
Unidentified Flying Object sighted
27 July 1956 by [redacted], approximately 500 miles Southeast of
Gander, Newfoundland
SPECIAL INQUIRY

TO: Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
ATTN: AFOIN-424
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

1. Transmitted herewith are two (2) photostatic copies of an
interview with Mr. [redacted] of […

UNCLASSIFIED

2. On 2 August 1944, the American Red Cross Agents Frank W. Dennis Jr. and J.A. stated who told that it approximately 0112 hours (Greenwich time) on 27 July 1944, while piloting a Pan American World Airways aircraft on a non-stop flight from New York to Paris, France, he sighted a pulsating light which first appeared dead ahead of the aircraft at an unestimated distance. The light was unlike any other he had ever seen and travelled at a speed greater than any aircraft with which has ever come in contact. Could give no description of any specific size, shape, or design, inasmuch a…

CONFIDENTIAL

24- Luft, Unidentified Flying Object Sighted 27 July 1956, about 2 August 1956.

(a) Colour: Blue green, similar to the color of an aircraft exhaust first when the aircraft smokes has a very rich practice coating.

(b) Observer: One.

(c) Duration: Not applicable.

(d) Disposable features or detefier: Some, other than cited herein.

(e) Wall, trail, or exhausts: None noticed. Observer first assumed the light itself was an exhaust.

(f) County: Negative.

(g) Other pertinent features: Negative.

(2) Description of course of object.

(a) The question posed is what first called the …

(b) Optical side used: Negative.

(c) Observer's aircraft: DC-70, Pan American Airways Flight 64/26, aircraft number 77774, approximate altitude 15,000 feet on a course of approximately 110 degrees mounting true air speed approximately 200 knots, same station, Pan American World Airways, Idlewild International Airport, New York, aircraft flying roughly first circle route from New York to Paris, France.

(4) Time and date of sighting:
(b) Ship time data group: OFLIT, 27 July 1956.
(b) Light conditions: Night.

(5) Location of observers: 43 degrees, 12 minutes north latitude, 19 degrees, 30 minu…

UNCLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL

|  Mode | Temperature  |
| --- | --- |
|  Surface from 120 degrees, 10 knots | not indicated  |
|  6,000 ft - 210 degrees, 20 knots | ± 0 degrees C  |
|  10,000 ft - 220 degrees, 10 knots | ± 4 degrees C  |
|  16,000 ft - 250 degrees, 10 knots | -25 degrees C  |
|  20,000 ft - 250 degrees, 20 knots | -9 degrees C  |
|  30,000 ft - 350 degrees, 65 knots | -10 degrees C  |
|  45,000 ft - 560 degrees, 60 knots | -55 degrees C  |

Failing: 500 feet, overcast.

Surface visibility: Two (2) miles in rain and fog.

Chamber: 0/6 strain nominal bases 500 feet, solid in 10,000 …