Shalimar, FloridaAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 1, 1956, a military witness in Shalimar, Florida, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0155Z and lasted about six seconds.

The witness described one round, brilliant white object with slightly flattened sides, about the size of a pea held at arm's length. It seemed to twinkle or radiate like a star. The object first appeared as a stationary light, then moved very slowly in a horizontal, slightly downward path with no change in direction. It was first seen at 40 degrees azimuth and disappeared behind trees at 70 degrees azimuth.

The report came from Eglin Air Force Base. The Air Force concluded the sighting was caused by an aircraft light. The details matched the activity of an F-89 that carried a stroboscope light. The light was seen for only six seconds because trees blocked the view. The slow movement was explained by the aircraft flying away from the observer. The evaluation was aircraft.

Reported location

Shalimar, Florida

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
: ] O Was Balloon
1 August 1956 Shalimar, Florida 2) Reabbhly Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ERSLILY Zion |
dos 3 & KXWas Aircraft
A J Se Tr eS ARO BX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aireraft
© GMT 02/0155Z O Air Visval O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Yas Astronomical :
: D Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
XNo Mili tary a Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |O Other__ :
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 7 O Unknown
six seconds . one see below H
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ]
One round brilliant white object with | Rpt rec'd fm Hq Air Proving Groun
slightly flattened sides,. size of Command, Eglin AFB, 23 Aug 56 via
pea at arm's length, Object seemed to | AF Form 112,
twinkle or radiate like a star. Object Concur with preparing officer that]
appeared as a stationary light in the | sighting caused by a/c light, }
sky, Object moved very slowly in a | Details of sighting correlate w/ f
horizontal, slightly downward path w/ | activity of F-83 which carried |
| no change in direction, Objzct was | stroboscope light. Light seen for
initially sighted at 40 dgr azimuth, only 6 seconds because obscured by
{ & disappeared behind trees in the forg- trees, Slow movement explained by
ground at 70 dgr azimuth, Objzsct was a/c flight away fm observer.
ohserved visually for 6 seconds, | Evaluation a/c. |
No Report In Tile SRE A Bt ad be A EE RA A CA AE SNCS
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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