El Portal, FloridaJanuary 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On January 15, 1961, El Portal, Florida police reported a bright object with blinking lights. It was traveling fast toward the northwest over the northern part of Dade County, Florida.

The report was brief and came through Coast Guard channels. Few details were given beyond the blinking lights, fast speed, and northwest direction.

The Air Force conclusion was probably aircraft. The comment states it was probably an aircraft, as indicated by the blinking lights.

Reported location

El Portal, Florida

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

FL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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3 EL Ta —— CR mH ron 4 EER HY A TAREE Sr 1 TR RE TS PEO FCW PR REET (5 ; . — i
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Hm |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Le : 0 Was Boll
15 Jan 61 El Portal, Florida a] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i. CUI wa
I i as 2 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador & Probate Riverdht ‘
GMT 16/01457 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0O Was Astronomical |
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XiF Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CBR NER a TN AI |
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
1 NW O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright obJjt, blinking 11. COMMENTS Probably a/ c as indicated by
lights, travelling NW fast over N part of blinking lights,
Dade County Florida.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991077