Baker, FloridaOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 29, 1957, a witness at Baker, Florida, reported one object in the sky. The witness was a student serving as a civilian ground observer. The sighting was a ground visual observation that lasted about 15 minutes around dusk.

The object was round and shining, and very brilliant. It traveled due east and stayed in sight for about 15 minutes before remaining still in the air. The sky was clear with no wind and high thin scattered clouds.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a balloon. Officers said winds aloft would have carried a balloon rapidly eastward, and that sunset in the area could account for the brilliance.

Reported location

Baker, Florida

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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viet : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
L. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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29 October 1957 Baker, Florida ‘8; Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION W Toisiing Whe
ODO Was Aircraft
I pian sat I Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar Q Probably Aircraft
eMT__29/22007 0 Air Visudl O Air-Intercep? Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. Se : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol ‘
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
oT Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical ’ d
7. LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE BITE ath nissan ss
DO Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
we 2 2 DO Unknown .
15 minutes ona East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, shining object, very brilliant], Probably a balloon, Duc to
traveling due east, ; winds aloft, balloon would have
been traveling rapidly eastward.
Sunset could have accounted for
brilliance of object,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972552