Finland · 12 April 1969

Pori airfield, 1969

Reported

If the claim holds, this is the single case in Finnish history the Finnish Air Force is said to have conceded as unexplained, with roughly twenty aviators and a radar return.

Where

Pori airfield, Satakunta

When

12 April 1969

Who reported it

Reported ~20 pilots; a radar track is claimed

Entities described

None reported

Handled as

INSUFFICIENT SOURCE PROVENANCE

Evidence class

GOV-4

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

UNKNOWN

No document is attached yet. The retrieval is open work.

What is not settled

DO NOT USE ON SCREEN WITHOUT PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION. Only one non-official web source asserts Air Force acceptance; no document, file reference, archive location or Defence Forces statement was located, and the witness count and radar element are unverified. A research lead for Kansallisarkisto and Ilmavoimat records.

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