West Palm Beach, FloridaJanuary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On January 28, 1955, around 12:15 p.m. (1215Z reported), a civilian near West Palm Beach, Florida, reported one object. The witness had gone outside to look at some birds in the yard. The sighting lasted about one hour.

The object was described as round, silver colored, and about 14 inches in apparent diameter, shrinking in size as it went. It approached from the northeast, passed overhead, made an orbit, then proceeded south and diminished in size until it was out of sight. The sky was clear with scattered clouds and 15 miles of visibility. Surface and upper winds were recorded in the report.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as probably a balloon. The card stated that the shape, color, and flight characteristics fit the criteria of a balloon.

Reported location

West Palm Beach, Florida

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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| 4 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ge
q 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 1 Vos Balloon |
vars 55 Vo al: ? +34: | AXProbably Balloon
: __28 January 1955 | West Palm Beach, Florida ZXPrebaly pefieon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ey PAE ER Sey Pe eRe Sa X¥%Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Be srs
oa ute. RR/IBLIO% |B Airvi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
Senet CERRO 1 KT RET ER i A esi 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GR) REE
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
0 Unknown
CREE ns Ln RR TR RRR) RCS RR ARE TTL TG RS AU
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round silver object approached from Due to the description of the
Northeast, made an orbit then pro- shape, color and flight
ceeded south, characteristics of the object,
it is believed the object
was probably a weather balloon,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 206 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960959