12 miles SE of Pinecastle AFB, Fla, August 1955August 1955

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On August 12, 1955, a civilian woman saw an object near her home about 12 miles southeast of Pinecastle Air Force Base in Florida. She lived southeast of Orlando along Highway 15. The report came in at 1216Z (the Air Force time stamp).

The witness described the object as looking like a wheelbarrow flying upside down. It was a black globe or balloon with a metal frame on top. She said it was about the same size as a B-47 jet. It made a sound like a reciprocating (propeller) aircraft and left no exhaust.

The object flew straight and level, heading due west, and stayed in sight about one minute before flying out of view. The weather had scattered showers, with west wind at 25 knots and a thunderstorm to the southwest.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a B-47 aircraft. Officers believed the witness saw a B-47 making an approach to Pinecastle with its rear landing gear down. Heavy clouds in the area could have caused sun reflections that made a halo around the plane.

Reported location

12 miles SE of Pinecastle AFB, Fla, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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7 ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 miles SE of Pinecastle AFB, Fla
12 Aug 55 O Was Balloon
0 bit Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DERE
@ Was Aircraft
RA TTT Bi Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar QO Probably iid
GMT % D AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
8 Ne civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TOV. tiki chibi sion oman. |
0 aT Dete for Evaluation
8]
L min 1 W nknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS ¢
iheelbarrow flying upside down. Globe or Prob B-L4T a/c.
balloon with a metal frame attached to the
top. Clobe was black. Same size as B-LT.
Reciptrocating acft.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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