CHKM 5314 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla, October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from CHKM 5314 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla, October 1957 in October 1957. 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 29.

Reported location

CHKM 5314 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla, October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

; . : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD el if
1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 0 Wos Balloon
28 October 19357 CHKM 5314 Ft. Laudzrdale, 11:0 Probably Balloon
O Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
” Q ? DY Was Aircraft
Local 10 :6round-Visuadl OD Ground-Raodor O Probably Aircraft
GM TSR TA Rel 0 SER O Air Visval 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireroft
5. oTeT i 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol :
OYes ! DO Probobly Astronomical :
O:Ne Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE AI
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown 4
approx 4 minutes five E to W
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Five mound, very brilliant objects in| The new swept-wing fighters will
a "C" formation were sighted directly| appear round at altitude. The
overhead. Three aircraft broke away location of the sighting is in
to follow cargo plane & two continued| an area where there is a lot of
West. air traffic. The sightigg is no )
doubt a flight of fighter aircraft
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972519

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-10-01