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Case FileNARA NAID 28977311 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Tampa, FloridaMarch 1958

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 March 1958. The full case file (6 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 32.

Reported location

Tampa, Florida

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

FL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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| our. 03/0145% ] | 0 AirVisual 0 Air-intercept Radar E Possibly Aircraft
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{"5. PHOTOS | 8 SCURCE | Was Astronomical
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| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE #X othe, Laconslstent URE
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977311

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