Fornandina Beach, FloridaJuly 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On July 1, 1961, an unidentified flying object was reported near Fernandina Beach, Florida. A witness observed a red, very bright object moving from north to south at a slow speed. The object appeared to be approximately 40,000 feet or higher in altitude. The witness watched the object through binoculars for about one hour and reported it was still visible at the time of the report. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Fornandina Beach, Florida

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

FL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT BLUE BOOK RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 JUL 61
2. LOCATION: Fernandina Beach, Florida
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 0342Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar, Other

CUT: 0207/Z

5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
6. SOURCE: [illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 hr
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: NE-S

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: UFO MOVING N-S at a very slow rate of speed. Object is red in color and very bright. Appears to be approx 40,000 ft or higher.

11. COMMENTS: [illegible] Rjdzehq this object observed was Venus which has just cleared the local, However, reports conflict very little info on which to base a conclus[ion].

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993245