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Case FileNARA NAID 28961038 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Delray Beach, FloridaFebruary 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 Delray Beach, Florida in February 1955. The full case file (6 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

Delray Beach, Florida

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

FL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
TCR SI EB SR SS IE (a DR VAC 0% ERR ASR 0 eA. GEIB SITE OLSSON
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 2 Fol 5 | : : Vas Balloon
2 February 1955 Delray Beach, Florida 0 Probably Balloon
§ OAIBRORE © 17 TVPG OF OBSERVATION. © |9 Possibly Bdlteon
4 EY fr HEE PE CN RDN HX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 8 1 el
2 eMT 02/10057 ARE ee 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
E Fe Lp RE ne ps | IR 1] TT RRR |, TI 1G Pen
y 0 Yes 0D Probobly Astronomical
ih CO wa dad BEA SE RN 0 Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION : NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O,Other —
WX Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
+ 0 Unknown
4 HET EERE RT) ERC RO | SOLARA ANRC 11111 3 | IRR) [SEE CE SI
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jh COMMENTS
: Round and brilliant blue-white, Trail pi/ Jupiter at 290dgr azimuth and
4 exhaust from three sides with only one setting. Possible sighting of
i tail or exhaust at any one time, moved Jupiter, however, rpt indicates
i in darting motion, Obj viewed for 30 seconds, 20
3 4 © minutes later. Also position
of disappearance 200 dgr azi-
3 muth, Case listed as insufficent
4 | data, Not known if disappearace
i | is of first or second object.
3 ATIC FORM 229 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961038

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