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Case FileNARA NAID 28973033 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Sarasota, FloridaNovember 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 November 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 29.

Reported location

Sarasota, Florida

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3 | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
| 1. DATE | ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| > November 1937 Sarasota, Fiorida O Probably Bolloon

| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ¥ VessiBy Seiten |

§ : [OL Wes Aircraft
: RON —— a Lia O Ground-Roder QO Probably Aircraft :
: L (Cy SEER 8 3 Wa AY ABR 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar | 5 Possibly Aircraft
2g Ra PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol :
| i O Yes O Probably Astronomical
‘B-No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
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: § | 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bers
! i O Insufficient Date for Evaluotion
5 Foo : O Unknown
a | 2 minutes one West
 ] 13. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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| Silvery object, appeared to be reflect{ The color and maneuvers of the

| ing sunlight, Object was very brilliant .object are of an a/c. Observer E
oF | Climbed high before fading wway. no doubt saw a high flying jet.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973033

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Places

FloridaSarasota, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-11-01

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