govweird/archive
Case FileNARA NAID 28960628 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Palm Beach, FloridaDecember 1954

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 Palm Beach, Florida in December 1954. The full case file (2 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 22.

Reported location

Palm Beach, Florida

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

FL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 December 1954

2. LOCATION
Palm Beach, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible] 06/01527

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual  Ground-Radar
Air-Visual  Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes  No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Less than 10 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
N-S

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bluish green, 2 yds X 3" size. Orange trail. Motion from N to South descending, disappearing beyond trees.

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

11. COMMENTS
Probable meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
/ 2

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960628

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaPalm BeachPalm Beach, FLPalm Beach, Florida

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-12-015 December 1954

Related case files