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Case FileNARA NAID 28965745 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Homestead AFB, FloridaMay 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Homestead AFB, Florida in May 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Homestead AFB, Florida

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
DO Wos Balloon
30 May 1956 omestead AFB, Florida O Probably Belloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 1930 & 2400. EST XX Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Rodar 8 Jai Bnd PR
omMT_31/0030Z2 = 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XNo Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE I RH
1 observer 3 min <4 fnsutiiclont Dato for Evaluation
2 observer 2% hours | one unknown Shik
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
One object described as circular or Rpt indicates that both observers
elliptical by one observer, Shape un-| sighted the same object. A/C
known by 2nd observer. Both observers | would not remain in the same are
saw lights on obj & described them & location for 23% hours. Witness
as lights on H-19, One red light, 2 observed obj through BX with no
white lights-no sound, no exhaust ~- olj/additional details revealed.
sighted 2-5 miles away. One observer | Positional data not included in |
stated he saw object fly over main rpt other than that the obj was fr
runway, North of the observer, Duration js
; : indicative of astro body, but
COMMENT cont'd: Obj probably astro | data submitted not sufficient
star but carried as insufficient data| for evaluation without location.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965745

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