USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
10 cases in FL from 1955 · page 1 of 1
Bradenton, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn January 6, 1955, at about 9:00 p.m., three military airmen near Bradenton, Florida, reported a sighting. The men were driving on a highway two or three miles south of Bradenton…
Holt, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn June 25, 1955, near Holt, Florida, civilian and military witnesses reported an object for about five to ten minutes. Three observers said they saw it just above the tree tops. T…
Lake Okeechobee, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn March 8, 1955, over Lake Okeechobee, Florida, bright, flare-like objects were reported drifting toward the ground. Three B-47 type aircraft had been on a night photo mission in…
Near MacDill AFB, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn May 17, 1955, a civilian near MacDill Air Force Base, Florida reported a sighting at night. The observer believed he saw a flying saucer. It looked like a large square glow in t…
Palm Beach, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn July 1, 1955, near Palm Beach, Florida, a civilian witness reported a single conical, white light with a tail. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its officia…
San Mateo, FL
1955 · unidentifiedIn late January 1955, an observer near San Mateo, Florida, reported a bright object in the sky. The witness said it looked like a burning, meteor-like object. It flashed across the…
Tampa, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn July 9, 1955, at Tampa, Florida, a military witness, a medical doctor, reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The duration was unknown. The object was oval…
Tyndall AFB, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn January 5, 1955, military and civilian witnesses near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted a few seconds. The object moved toward…
West Palm Beach, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn 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 ya…
Williston, FL
1955 · unidentifiedOn the night of October 30, 1955, a city police officer in Williston, Florida was making his rounds when he spotted several bright lights in the sky. He drove a few miles out of to…
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