Orlando, Florida (also at Miami, and Palm Beach), July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 4, 1955, near 4:02 p.m. local time, witnesses in Orlando, Florida reported a single round, large, white object. The report came in under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Both military and civilian people saw it.

The object had a long, brilliant trail. It traveled in a straight course from east to west. The sighting lasted about sixteen to seventeen seconds.

The object was also seen by observers in Miami and Palm Beach. The Air Force noted that the description fit a meteorite and that the short duration matched. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably astronomical, most likely a meteor.

Reported location

Orlando, Florida (also at Miami, and Palm Beach), July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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gy UFCB INDEX CARD AISS-UF0B-221-55
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
14 (also at Miemd 0 Was Balloon
4 July 1969 Orlando, Florida (and Palm BsacNO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION @ Possibly Balloon
I iat &X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Bibel, Mies aty
GMT 15-2002 July 1965 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
’s. PHOTOS ‘ 8. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
QVYes A Probably Astronomical
No Ta i | Milit and Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
I NY iii sii ico REO I SE ONE PAV
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TEE |) SR RC
: | | a oobi Dota for Evaluation
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| Sixteen to Seventeen Seconds! Ome (1) EtoW |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING RE 11. COMMENTS Er fei |
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