Ft Myers, FloridaMay 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On May 26, 1957, at about 7:50 p.m. local time, a military airman on ground observer duty in Fort Myers, Florida reported a sighting. The object was still visible when the report was made, more than four hours later.

The witness saw one object shaped like a three fingered hand. It showed a brilliant white light, with a dark object and a diffused light behind it in that order. It was about the size of a silver dollar, or a baseball through binoculars. The object was directly overhead, estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 feet, and was stationary or possibly rising slightly. Winds aloft were reported at the time.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) concluded that the object was a balloon, based on the description, the long time in sight, and the winds.

Reported location

Ft Myers, Florida

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION er GOL UBIO A
CQ? Yas Balloon
26 May 1957 Ft Myers, Florida face sayly Bdliobn
RE OR TR TL ER a TG NT BRET ON TE TT yr ET A TR aread ed bt P| Possi h! y Balloan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION ha Lae
1950 x i 2 ime 0 Was Aijrcraly
[Er oy fot Sa Me £0) Y Eris po SH Se (Bp et LX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Redar 1 Probably Aircraft
GMT 27/0050 to (C122F 0O AirVisudl O Air-Intarcept Rodar | 8 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS y i SOURCE (m} Haw asirenomiadl
0 Yes Oo robably Astrsnomical
|  3@kNe civilian Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EREAOY he praia da Wei shigi fails adc 1
0 insufficient Data for Evaluation |
: : ; 0D Unknown ;
still visible at time One stationary A Vp :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING of 1rpt, 11. COMMENTS
One object shaped as a 3 fingered hand| From description, times in sight
Brilliant white Light, dark object and object stationary or sli ghtl}
with defused iight behind in that rising and report on winds at
order, size of silver dollar, time of sighting leads to the
conclusion this object was a 4
balloon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SZP 52) j

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