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Case FileNARA NAID 28968634 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Tampa, FloridaDecember 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 Tampa, Florida in December 1956. 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 27.

Reported location

Tampa, Florida

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE I LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 . Wos Balloon

__13 December 1956 Tampa, Florida D Probably Balloon |

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
150 eal Siam CN ee X¥Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar BX robably Aircraft

] omMT_ 13/1752 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Was Astronomical j
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
XR No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (o JAR 0] |, 200% STERNAL ARRAS
DO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
0 Unknown
] —one minute ~~~ === | three :

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS : /
Three white circular objects, size Concur w/reporting officer that
of a silver dollar at arm's length, the sighting was caused by the

Objects flew in a "V'" formation on sun reflecting from a high
a straight flight path, Object was flying B-47 in area,
seen visually for one minute,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968634

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