Bimini, Key West Fla, November 1951November 1951

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 25, 1951, five objects were sighted moving south approximately 20 miles east of Bimini, Key West, Florida. The objects were still trailing smoke at the time of report. The sighting was reported by military sources. The observation type was ground-visual. No photos were taken. The length of observation was not reported. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown. Comments noted that the original message was not received and the data was insufficient for evaluation.

Reported location

Bimini, Key West Fla, November 1951

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                   12. CONCLUSIONS
25 November 1951                 Bimini, Key West Fla          [] Was Balloon
                                                                 [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP               4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION        [] Possibly Balloon
Local ____________               [X] Ground-Visual  [] Ground-Radar
GMT      25/1835Z               [] Air-Visual      [] Air-Intercept Radar    [] Was Aircraft
                                                                 [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        6. SOURCE                     [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes                           Military
[X] No                                                          [] Was Astronomical
                                                                 [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE [] Possibly Astronomical
NOT REPORTED                     5                             [] Other [INSUFFICIENT DATA]
                                                                 [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS                   [] Unknown

Five objects moving south 20 miles east of   Original message not received.
Bimini still trailing smoke.                 Insufficient data.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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