PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785419

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONAvon Park Florida

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1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
é 0 Wos Balloon
26 March 1956 (von Park, Florida. |G Probably Balloon
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out26/1750 & 17552 D AirViauol 0 Air-Intercopt Rador |2 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes QO Probably Astronomical
XB No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE if XOther Birds
0 Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
‘ O Unknown
one minute 100 or more N to §

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round object size of childs balloon,
shiney and reflecting. First one
hundred or more loosely grouped,
second, was a wedge formation, Had

direct flight path - GOC identified
UFOB as birds,

11. COMMENTS

Identified by GOC observers on
duty as birds.

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De ONE HUNDRED /122/ OR MORE
E. TWO /2/ FORMATIONS CMA FIRST LOOSELY GROUPED CMA SECOND WEDGE
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G. NONE SACAUSE OF HEIGHT
He NONE
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2, NORTH TO SOUTH
A. HAPPEN TO BE LOOKING UP AND SAW THE REFLECTION
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Ce VERY HIGH CNA ASOUT TEN /12/ DEGREES SOUTH
De DIZECT FLIGHT PATH NO MANEUVERS
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Ce VERY HIGH CMA ASOUT TEN /12/ DEGREES SOUTH
De DIRECT FLIGHT PATH NO MANEUVERS
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Be PERFECT DAY

5. JN 2936
3. HRS QQ. 59 aeolian C4 AVON) PARK CMA FLA
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7. VERY CLEAR AND UNLIMITED
Ae NONE
Be SURFACE WINDS 192/38 CMA 242/29 CMA 320/12 CiiA 322/15 CHA 390/15.
292/355 272/52
Ce. NONE
De UNLIMITED
Ee NONE
Fe NONE
| 3 NONE
9. NONE
1. NONE ACCORDING TO OdSERVER
11, MILITARY AIRCRAFT WORKING IN AVON PARK DANGER AREA
GQWM NONE
REMARKS CLN MIAMI GOC CALLED IN ANOTHER UFOB THE SAME AS THIS ONE AT
THE SAME POSITION THE. TIME OF THE SECOND LFOS IS 18252 AND 13252 PD
OBSERVERS WERE MRS GRACE THOMAS 29 EAST PLEASANT STREET CMA AVON
PARK CMA FLA AND UR C R BARNETT AGE TWENTY EIGHT CMA ADDRESS 426
SOUTH CENTRAL CMA AVON PARK CHA FLA OCCUPATION CMA RETIRED CARPENTER
PPD 19552 CMA GOC IDENTIFIED UFOs AS BIRDS PD
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