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Case FileNARA NAID 28964142 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Lakeland, Fla, November 1955November 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Lakeland, Fla, November 1955 in November 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Lakeland, Fla, November 1955

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
4

1

E x 0 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

ir RRR 1 k 5 E i EBSA eS Cem BREE ETI rie BERT ted nrg TE Er
© | \. DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :

| : 3 0 Wos Bolloon

E 1 Nov 55 Iakelend, Fla 0 Probably Balloon

"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP © TYPE OF OBSERVATION BESSA Ey be 1oon

| 0 Was Aircraft

4 flleealia ce XKGround- Vi sual DO Ground-Radar X Probably Aircraft

E —omp2/03302 i O AirVisual O Air-intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS ; 4. SOURCE DO Was Astronomicol

E O Yes DO Probobly Astronomical

A 20 No {vilian O Possibly Astronomical

= FE EE rTP Te To EP Ee eT YU SRT

4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0D Other Ali belies
: a) euificiant Data for Evaluation

b (n] nknown

*  |35 min 25 varied |

" [10 BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
§  |circular, white, tri=angular formation. No Probable a/c. B-47 a/c in area at time.
i sound, formation dispersed with one obj going

NE, on to SE, remainder to 8 First 3 obj re-

4 mained stationary for 15 min then dispersed :

1 at high rates of speed.

4

= ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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