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Case FileNARA NAID 28966486 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Jacksonville, FloridaJuly 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 Jacksonville, Florida in July 1956. The full case file (3 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

Jacksonville, Florida

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
30 July 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 31/0320Z

5. PHOTOS
D Yes
X No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 hours

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object found, compared to moon, color white. Observed over Jacksonville. Object faded out & reappeared.

2. LOCATION
Jacksonville, Florida

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual     D Ground-Radar
D Air-Visual        D Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
W to E then

12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Was Aircraft
D Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft
D Was Astronomical
D Probably Astronomical
D Possibly Astronomical
D. Other_____
X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Object is possibly a balloon or astro body but evaluated as insufficient data.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966486

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Project 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaJacksonvilleJacksonville, FLJacksonville, Florida

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-07-0130 July 1956

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