Tampa, Fla, January 1958January 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, Fla, January 1958 in January 1958. 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 31.

Reported location

Tampa, Fla, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

| :
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ‘ |
1. DATE | 2. LOCATION a fiir 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: As O Was Balloon
1 Jan 858 | Tampa, Yia (m] Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GXOUF | + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5 Rossini Rel con |
TQ 5 nam 5 0 Was Aircraft
; Local _. mE 2 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar TG Probably Aircraft
y ehky Ck /L23. 5% a Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | £ SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
“O'No | \& PE I Sa O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATICN | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE £8) Other diet hilt oh lL
¥ O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i “ m i i} Jes | N yr t + O Unknown i
TB a Eb a a a BC | eB PN TIS CI See |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS Ag
2 Lb Hed ) BASE 211 ) a of fire, w/appear- Degeription, duration, flicht |
voce of falling story Tras xled North path indicate prohabllity of
n Last Griaitedy shen Yosh §& A/C,
dlzapn rata], ¢
g ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 3

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976627

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01