Inglis, FloridaAugust 1954

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 Inglis, Florida in August 1954. 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 21.

Reported location

Inglis, Florida

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

ES FE A FSi 00 6 Be Eo emma
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: ¢ 3 O Wes Balloon

August=-September 1954 Inglis, Florida O Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G' Possibly Beallean
3 0 Wes Aivcraft ;

see ee IX Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar 0 Paskably Atrarolt

amt 05/C 05252 Sept O Air Visval O Air-Intercept Rador DO Possibly Aircroft
% BHOTOS 8. SOURCE B Was Astronomical “ARS

O Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Be Other tana iE dar Ei Si ii
O Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
Sr O Unknown

15 Minutes 1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Bricht red light hovering. Size of mans head. |Location reported, howsver, Mars likely

Usually observed between 3=6 AM, (Observed culprit.

several times in vast 3 or 4 weeks. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959236

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Florida Inglis Inglis, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-08-01