Lutz, FloridaMarch 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 7, 1956, a civilian on Ground Observer Corps duty at Lutz, Florida, reported two lights at 2116 (9:16 p.m.). The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the two lights were round and reddish-white, about the size of a baseball. They appeared in the east-southeast and faded out in a flash after about one second. The sky was clear. A falling star was seen at about 2128 (9:28 p.m.). The record noted this post had received several calls about such objects, at times as many as five at once, over swamp and pasture land.

The Air Force said there was not enough data for a firm analysis. The record listed a possible meteor, since a meteor was seen in the area at about the same time.

Reported location

Lutz, Florida

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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Jay PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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: / 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
3 4 Y 0 Vos Balloon
: 7 March 1956 Lutz, Florida 0 Probably Balloon
a 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Canoes sit lyiRalioch
H 4 Vi 1. 0 Was Aircraft
Local EE — 3EXGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probebly Aircraft
i CMT. 03/ 02167 x [w] Air-Vi sual 01 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE T |D Was Astronomical
3 Eies 0 Probably Astronomical
if 20 Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION “[2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Biome a oo
kl | Tightens Data for Evaluation
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: one second two ESE Sia :
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Two round reddish-white lights, size Insufficient data for analysis.
! of baseball, faded out in a flash. Possible meteor since meteor
| sighting in area about the same
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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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