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Case FileNARA NAID 28968810 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Miami, FloridaJanuary 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 Miami, Florida in January 1957. 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 27.

Reported location

Miami, Florida

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 tos balleg
q AAT G57 Miami Plea ida OO Probably Balioon
3 Lannary 1957 Sl» Lrovida 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION is
Local fi OL RR 900 “4J<Cround- Visual 0 Ground-Redar a Gliabab 7 Alera
MTR UR BA008 0 Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 9 Possibly Alferdlh, Ar Or
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical m1 ane
O Yes TX Probably Astronomical
XB Ne Gavilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (oJ oly Jn AT RE SG SN
none 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
“ : X 0 Unknown 3
30 minutes one disappeared
10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object noticed for 30 minutes at Ops, officer of submitting unit
elevation of 20 dgrs., Appeared to he believes it to be star, twinkling
orbiting in same spot until it and having apparent movement becausk
disappeared. Source states that it being observed through evening
appeared both green and red, No haze, :
azimuth given,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968810

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaMiamiMiami, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-01-01

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