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Case FileNARA NAID 28972570 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

MacDill AFB, FloridaOctober 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 MacDill AFB, Florida in October 1957. The full case file (5 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 29.

Reported location

MacDill AFB, Florida

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
a iv PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ¢ |
t. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
a2 } : OD Wos Balloon |
20 October 1957 MacDill AFB, Florida DO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION THE Ta |
He A n 0 Was Aircroft
| tate tO Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar Q Probably Aircraft
CM SE} 23487 0 AirVisuadl O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft ;
; S. ores : 8. SOURCE O Was Astrenomical 7
O Yes GRE: O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE III cision anita ibis ‘
¥ “Insufficient Data for Evaluation
45 seconds three SE » Tre
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cicar shaped object with blunt ends, | Possible meteor sighting although
looked to be 2 ft in length, silvery | duration exceptionally long.
vellow, three objects flying parallell Also possible a/c although dura-
Came slightly from SW to SE into tion short. Insufficient data for | :
haze & fog on horizon. analvsis,
ATIC FORM 329 (REY 26 SEP 52)
EE REBAR i bn EES hey Si ; che a f
/ 5

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972570

Connected across the archive

Places

FloridaMacDill AFB, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-10-01

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