Crescent City, FloridaAugust 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 1, 1956, a civilian in Crescent City, Florida reported seeing a round object larger than a basketball. The object was red in color and appeared above tree tops. It stood still for a short time and then burst. The observation was made during daylight hours and lasted one minute. The sighting involved a single object. The Air Force noted that sounds like flare were reported, but determined there was insufficient data to substantiate this conclusion.

Reported location

Crescent City, Florida

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 August 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 02/0307Z

5. PHOTOS
D Yes
D No

2. LOCATION
Crescent City, Florida

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XGround-Visual    D Ground-Radar
D Air-Visual       D Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Possibly Balloon
D Was Aircraft
D Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft
D Was Astronomical
D Probably Astronomical
D Possibly Astronomical
D Other
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown

9. COURSE
Straight up
bursted

11. COMMENTS
Sounds like flare; however, there is insufficient data to substantiate this conclusion.

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object round size larger than basketball. Color red. Appeared above tree tops. Stood still short time then bursted.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966579