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Case FileNARA NAID 28966453 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Ocala, FloridaJuly 1956

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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 Ocala, Florida in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Ocala, Florida

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
SA yr NT AA Tc AE TPN CAT RIOR UA EVE on Ayr GER RR PTE (0% Th ECU ITI 11 AP PATA ye + — , }
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: i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i ; 3 Was Bolloon
28 July 1956 Ocala, florida o Eobally Sagan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. YYPE OF OBSERVATION Pon PaRIRy. BElIBon
g A a Was Aircraft
Local Eee ¥KGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
oMT__28/0900Z ~~ 0 Air VYisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical |
B-No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF O3JECTS | 9. COURSE TP) | CARA Co SANE)
OD Insufficient Date for Evaluation {
) 3 2 | i 0 Unknown |
] forty minutes ons Eto W | :
J 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Io COMMENTS
i RFR . o 1 . F " A 2 4 y . o - y > |
y | One cylindrical object, comparable to Wind & description indicate |
3 | auto headlight, red in color, First a possible balloon, |
sighted dus east at 30 dgrs elevation
Last seen at 315 dgrs and at 20 dzrs
- . - - \ ~ ~ . . ; {
elevation, Slowly faded fm sight. |
Did not paint radar.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966453

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