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Case FileNARA NAID 28999425 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Tyndall AFB, FloridaOctober 1962

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 Tyndall AFB, Florida in October 1962. 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 46.

Reported location

Tyndall AFB, Florida

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| Rohde PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ER
7 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
ODO Was Balloon |
E 0 Probably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sy, mon |
: Locale | ¥rwund-Visval  O Ground-Rodar OG Probddy Mreratt |
 em7__03/2357Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar [DO Possibly or |
5. PHOTOS | . SOUR NX Wos Astronomicol Meteor
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
i XE No Military O Possibly Astronoemicol |
3 5 . TIDY ciiininpaiaiisimismsimimiis
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | o Other |
DO Unknown
Eo S seconds one descendi
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | |
3 Obsvatjon at dusk of light green obj Probable meteor sighting base¢
F Circular shape, no tail or exhaust, on description and duration, |
E Glowed. Disappeared and reappeared Disappearance attributed to
E throughout obsvation, Initial sight- cloud woverage,
- ing at 20 dgr elevation, Apparent
un descent in curve of increasing steep
BB ness. WX conditions defined as low
| scattered, some high CIRRUS and
. cumulus in background.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999425

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