Lake Okeechobee, FloridaMarch 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On March 8, 1955, over Lake Okeechobee, Florida, bright, flare-like objects were reported drifting toward the ground. Three B-47 type aircraft had been on a night photo mission in the area at the time.

The Air Force contacted a flight service center, which confirmed that flares had been used in that part of Florida.

The Air Force listed the sighting as flares. The case is recorded under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Lake Okeechobee, Florida

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

FL / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE SOCAN he | 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
8 March 1955 Lake Okeechobee, Florida |G Probably Balloon
4 ERR, _ ASE LALA ESE 4A ASSESSES ase 1 J RANE. CLL RATACEI AAC ATAS MESS WW SVE WW 3° XR .
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
] aaala tay [ie TB round-Visual 0) Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
out 09/03187 eR i 0D Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 3 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE D Wos Astronomical
Yes i 3 Probobly Astronomical
SE EE cL Chill C0 og Tesi Solnnonico
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X0ther__ Flares =. _
; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown :
| ERNE MER not COURERG. N/A i]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright, flare-like objects observed Phone contact with the Maxwell
| drifting earthward over Lake Flight Service Center verified
| Okeechobee, Florida, the existence of flares in the
i specified area of Florida.
Three B-47 type aircraft had
been involved in ghight photo
mission at the time of the
sighting,
No Report in File.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961462