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Case FileNARA NAID 28969970 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Miami, FloridaMay 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 May 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

May 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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1. DATE 2. LOCATION EE SE
CF Yes Balloon
fo ee se Mdm lomdida 0 HE TR eobably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Balloon
Hg (VF p C1 Was Aircrafy |
RO A ch fel Be oT L<Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircrof? :
GME PRYOR A occ 0 Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft :
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE IX Was Astronomical Me teor
0 Yes 3 Probably Astronomical
IINe Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other _
a {hauiticNent Data for Evaluation
- . N nKknown
2-3 seconds 3 lights West ” !
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
: Three intense lights, color unknown, Probably meteor,
dime would cover all three. Disappeared :
; | below horizen One known jet a/c in areaq.
Lights close in traii formation.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 522 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969970

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