Belleview, FloridaMarch 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On a March 1957 night at Belleview, a civilian reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was smaller than a star and white, and it moved in a western direction at a steady rate of speed.

The witness watched the object through binoculars rated 7 by 30. It was seen for over an hour.

The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical, most likely a star, since the motion matched that analysis. The card carried it as astronomical.

Reported location

Belleview, Florida

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| 1. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
© Was Balloon
} Tia fhoptatil a ox Bolleview Arid (@] Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2 roswbly Dolleon
0 Was Aircraft
BE ~ xB Ground-Visval RX D Ground-Rodar a Probobly Aircraft
i eMT16/01307 to 02307... O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PROTOS 8. SOURCE MX Was Astronomical SL ar
OVYes. O Probably Astronomical
2 x8 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE alge | 1; STR El CA RY
: . 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion
: 0 Unknown
gover 1 houl for © Rest
“i Ng. SRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
| One object smaller than a str, color Object smaller than star viewed
. ~ } white moving in Western direction with Bx. Sighting indicates
© J. at steady rate of speed. Seen visually|observation of astronomical obj
| with BX 7X30, since motion conforms with this
| ; : analysis. Probably a star. Fog!
"T | ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969249