PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340515

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONAripeka Florida

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon 1
12 February 1956 Aripeka, Florida 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ballaon
Local XGround-Visual Ground-Radar Xx Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 13/0210Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys LYes 000 D Probably Astronomical Frooably stronomical
XNo Civilian (GOC) Possibly Astronromical Possibly Astroramical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LEN OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other. Other
000 Insufficient Data Data for for Evaluation E uation
10 min. unknown Unknown
approx approx one one .
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11 COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One round One round object object like a tire or hub- or hub- Called hq SAC for possible info
cap, red cap, red and yellow and yello rotating rotating lights. on this sighting. We were informed
Seemed to land or Seemed to land or horizon. that there was a B-47 and a KC-97
Seen thru binoculars. in the area of sighting at ighting at
the time sighting. They
were not were no carrying out refueling
operation Observer probably cohahly
saw one o the above a/c.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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