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Case FileNARA NAID 28966501 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

St. Augustine, FloridaJuly 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from St. Augustine, Florida in July 1956. The full case file (3 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 25.

Reported location

St. Augustine, Florida

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
31 July 1958

2. LOCATION
St. Augustine, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: 31/17007

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XB Ground-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
XX No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 hour & 20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
unknown
very high

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round object, size compared to a softball, white or silver in color. Observed very high in the sky at 85 dgrs elevation. Seen through binoculars (of unknown power) for a period of one hour and twenty minutes. Then object simply disappeared.

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

11. COMMENTS
The available information on this object meets the criteria for a balloon. However, due to lack of complete information, this sighting is being recorded as a possible balloon.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966501

Connected across the archive

Organizations

PROJECT 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaSt. AugustineSt. Augustine, FLSt. Augustine, Florida

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-07-0131 July 1958

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