Oldsmar, FloridaJuly 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 Oldsmar, Florida in July 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 28.

Reported location

Oldsmar, Florida

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
l. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
: oe C Wos Balloon
; 1 [ i Ra ) 0 Prebably Balloon

BE a a ai a Ll D “bl

3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belloon
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Los 17 als { ’ Vi ~ 5 0 Was Aircraft
Lo BE | 0 Ground-VYisual OD Ground-Rodar la Probobly Aircraft
ol © A Sener ba | OC Ai~Visual 0 Air-Intarcep! Radar D Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS | 8. SCURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| 0 Yes | | 0 Probably Astronomical
{ a Ne | |= Possibly Astronomical
[7 Cavern oF DSSERVATION "| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~ |0 Omer LNIDENTIRIED
i |a Insufficient Data for Evaluction

| i 133 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING {11 COMMENTS { 3
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970863

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Florida Oldsmar Oldsmar, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-07-01