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Case FileNARA NAID 28964151 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Ocala, FloridaNovember 1955

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 Ocala, Florida in November 1955. The full case file (3 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 24.

Reported location

Ocala, Florida

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 NOV 55

2. LOCATION
Ocala, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
03/01352
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[ ] Air Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
civilian

6. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, 2' in diam, yellowish white, no sound, obj looked like a/c but stopped, then moved on.

11. COMMENTS
Probable a/c.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[X] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964151

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATIC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaOcalaOcala, FLOcala, Florida

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

19551955-11-012 NOV 55November 2, 1955

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