Cedar Key, FloridaApril 1956

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Summary

On April 3, 1956, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member at Cedar Key, Florida, reported one object. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object was bright white and about the size of a dime at arm's length. It was flying south and was in view for about two minutes. It was first seen at an angle of 20 degrees above the horizon and then disappeared over the horizon.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly an aircraft. The record cited the duration of the sighting, the straight southern flight path, and the heavy air traffic in the area.

Reported location

Cedar Key, Florida

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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CORRE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Ball
3 April 1956 Cedar Key, Florida 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Loco XR Ground-Visuol O Ground-Radar o paar
GMT 04/0153Z 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
4 0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
HENo Civilian (GOC) D Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EE YE SS
i | a thepiliclent Dato for Evaluation
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: two minutes one south i ic
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
: one bright white object, about the It is the opinion of this hg
4 size of a dime held at arm's length that this sighting was possibly
3 flying south, was seen for a period caused by an aircraft due to
1 of two minutes. The object was first | the duration of the sighting,
seen at an angle of elevation of 20 the flight path straight to the
] degrees and disappeared over the south, and to the fact that the
1 horizon, area of the sighting experiences
1 a heavy amount of air traffic.
| Ls Retoer 18 Free |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965296