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Case FileNARA NAID 28968685 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Orlando, FloridaDecember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Orlando, Florida in December 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 27.

Reported location

Orlando, Florida

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
EE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
: 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Wos Bolloon
| 18 December 1956 Orlando, fAorida O Probably Balloon
No 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0’. Possibly Balloon
] Local XXGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar QO Was Aircraft |
: a CE AE a7 5 A ho 0 Probaobly Aircraft
| om7__ 19703302 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
id 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
Xo | Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE x, otheeGuided Missile
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
; O Unknown
] one minute 30 secs one climbin :
j 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One white rocket-shaped object Concur with reporting officer
: appearing as an elongated light that this sighting was caused
emitting sparks one half the size by a guided missile.
of a dime at arm's length, Fire
came from the tail of the exhaust,
3 Object started at the horizon and
i climbed 35 dgr., Object faded out of
; sight after having been seen visual
a ly for one minute, 30 seconds.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968685

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