2 Mi S of Odessa, Fla., January 1958January 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 2 Mi S of Odessa, Fla., January 1958 in January 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 32.

Reported location

2 Mi S of Odessa, Fla., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

3 : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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: NRnTE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E 5 | {0 Was Balloon
| 27 Jan 58 [2 Mi Siof Odessa; Fla. |Q Probably Balloon
ef 0 Possibly Ball
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION | Ad Ala
iE 3 ff 0 ‘0 Was Aircraft
v l:o'calfimrratain io | A Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Rador x Probably Aircraft
ie 0 Yer J itn Br my (8 Gl ! PRE : H
E CMT 27/164057 | 0 AirVYisudl 0 Air-Intercept Radar | @ ossibly Aircraft i
5 FENEP HOT 0 SERRE pA Sm Rea AT SOS R CEZRR Ra i a Est {0 Was Astronomical {
[ CO Yes | 0 Probably Astronomical
Fd PERCE {0 Possibly A i
i Eo Dh 0wiliane 0 [8 Tes Annee
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION = MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE {2 Other dE
bd ! |C Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Fi " > | 0 Unknown
i 5 mins one I
gas TT Te rr ep ey TT TT DE ep eT Er EB YE TR BE a
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ph COMMENTS
EL Rnd, white obj, about haif the size |The description ®s that of an a |
i of a large airliner. Was NW bound in |Probably coincidence that a/c 1 |
0 trail of a large A/C getting as close |crossed EL different alt. |
7 as about 1; miles, It then seemed to
5 : : 12 : an ems 0
E Dangiito sthet right traveled SE. "at ia
© very rapid rate of speed.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976869

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01