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Case FileNARA NAID 28969265 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Tampa, FloridaMarch 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 Tampa, Florida in March 1957. The full case file (5 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

March 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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i : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
; I. .DATE is LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
{ 0 Wos Balloon :
] 203 Naren 193 Tampa. Florida DO Probably Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bl reasitiy Setloon
i YY fees LR LR CH SoS CE X08 Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rador a aly eh
{ Ch GMT QL 7ODS0R hs a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 8. S0URCE DO Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
: B:No | Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ; NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HX orher Prob Searchlight
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
§ 0 Unknown
: Approx three minutes one | see below
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One large light no solid part visible| This sighting was. probably caused
; due to darkness. Object was orange to by searchlight activity in the |
tirey glow. Object moved north, then area reflecting off clouds.

. | stopped, turned 180 dgr & went South i
rapidly. Object was seen visually
and through binoculars for approximately
three minutes. hss !

ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 352)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969265

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

FloridaTampaTampa, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-03-01

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