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Case FileNARA NAID 28968924 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Lake Worth, 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 Lake Worth, Florida in February 1957. 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 27.

Reported location

Lake Worth, Florida

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE: 9 February 1957
2. LOCATION: Lake Worth, Florida
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] GMT 10/0338Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. SOURCE: Civilian (GOC)
6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 22 minutes
8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object the size and shape of a box kite. Object moved up and down and was still visible when the observer left duty. Object was seen visually & through binoculars for 22 minutes.
9. COURSE: up & down
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other: Box Kite, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown
11. COMMENTS: Concur with Reporting Officer that this sighting was caused by a child's fluorescent box kite.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968924

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Organizations

35TH ADIV DOBBINS AFB GA660TH ACWRON MACDILL AFB FLAADC ENT AFD COLORADO SPRINGS COLOAIR TECH INT CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIOCivilian (GOC)DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH DCEADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NY

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaLake WorthLake Worth, FLLake Worth, FloridaST LAKE WORTH FLA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

10 FEB 5719571957-02-019 February 1957

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