Tampa, FloridaJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 9, 1955, at Tampa, Florida, a military witness, a medical doctor, reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The duration was unknown.

The object was oval and luminous and moved south toward the moon.

The Air Force card lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation. The comments note the original report came in by a brief form and did not supply enough information to evaluate.

Reported location

Tampa, Florida

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

FL / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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1 DATE : 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS :
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION bal dei Ad |
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| LOOT citi miinminiiie X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft |
GMT 09/ 03407 July 1955 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar o Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
0 Yes OQ Probably Astronomical i
# No ; Militar (MD) ‘0 Possibly Astronomical :
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  OMNP Le iii iia
: South B Hib cient Data for Evaluation
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Unknown : tne (1) ; EAE SAA
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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towards the moon. : Form 112, is very scant and does not | |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962679