Boyinta Beach, FloridaJanuary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Boyinta Beach, Florida in January 1955. The full case file (5 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 22.

Reported location

Boyinta Beach, Florida

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

FL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE Ss 2. LOCATION git : 12. CONCLUSIONS
a 0) Yas Bolloon
28 January 1955 Boyinta Beach, Florida |O Probably Balloon
Ee Ee TT TL ET a A EE Se ER Ss 6 ad et Sk 11273 G8 (i EE TT LO ER FE —— ee (W] Po 5s bly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
. Eine Fi 3 0 Vas Aircraft
Locol eee iE EPG round- Visual 0 Ground-Raodar 0 Probobly Aircraft
2 oMT__28/06257 ie saa | 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar QO Possibly Aircraft ;
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
B Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
SE Xo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FORE RSS Ve SAR
XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i 3 0 Unknown
Ee ERAN one | statemepy |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object appeared as red light turn- Positional data not included.
ing to whitish blue, Turning to | Possibly a balloon or astro
greenish blue, Stationary, Object body. No mention of disappear-
750 to 1000 feet overhead. ance. Insufficient data for
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960953

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Boyinta Beach Boyinta Beach, FL Florida

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-01-01