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Case FileNARA NAID 28970617 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Sarasota, 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 Sarasota, 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

Sarasota, 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
4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
3 | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS |
3 | 0X Was Bolloon
3 1% rite agen | Sh pasots florida 0 Probably Bolicon
SEPRRISES 5 S01 B12 I EU Be To NE ARESEEAENESERENEES Stato IW W- 1-19 1 TY Wee 1 EW ACK a — :
E | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP BE TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ho Toney Duley |
: AOD hra Ram re : E 0O Was Aircraft
1 Lees LC AGIHI NTS 80 Ground-Visual O Ground-Raoder 0 Probably Airerols
E CMT 18/05007 0 Air-Visuvoi O Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
I | 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
4 | OYes 0 Probobly Astronomical
EB | 0 Ne Housewife O Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ge] RR NR ERR SA NS
| 7 Lo BE to WO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
. i . Ls : ; FE 0 Unknown
I Lito. 2 minutes one | circled
4 le, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING = COMMENTS
BE | 4 balloon shaped silver object about U.S. WX service states WX
B | the size of a 100 ft balloon was balloons launched fm Tampa, Fla.
3 sighted at tree top level & disappear d/-at. 2400 hrs.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970617

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