High Springs, FloridaFebruary 1957

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 High Springs, Florida in February 1957. The full case file (4 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 27.

Reported location

High Springs, Florida

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

q PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| i ; 0 Wos Balloon
4 Jo February 1457 High Springs, Florida 0 Probably Balloon
3 S DATETMEGROG High Springs, Florida 0 Possi bly Balloon
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3
4 guy. Dd 021s 0 Air Visual [w] Air-intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
1 S. PHOTOS ~ [6 SOURCE TE gras O Was Astronomical
rk O Yes QO Probably Astronomical
4 30¢No GOC Obs 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other_32archlioht

i | bearing | g Jiciant Data for Evaluation

4 3 hrs s 2 mins, one 240 dgr | i

Eo Tn gross 4 H
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS ;

EC Bright lights observed moving up and Concur with reporting officer 4
FE down, right and left for over 3 hours. | that light was Searchlight or |
4 3/5 broken cloud coverage for sky ground light for measuring ceij-

‘ condition, ing at nearby airport,

1 i
1
é ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

4 s

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968904

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Florida High Springs High Springs, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-02-01