PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785495

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCedar Key Florida

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3 April 1956 Cedar Key, Florida 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP . TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT04/01537 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar POX Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 000 Probably Astronomical
XIXNo Civilian (GOC) Possibly Astronomical
. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other.
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
south 0 Unknown
two minutes one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One bright white object, about the It is the opinion of this hq
size of a dime held at arm's length that this sighting was possibly
flying a period caused by an aircraft due to
of two minutes. The object was first the duration sighting,
seen at an angle elevation of 20 the flight straight to the
over the south, and the fact that the
horizon. area the sighting experiences
a heavy amount of air traffic.
No REPORT IN No REPORT IN Fice Fict )
ATIC FORM 39 (REV 26 SEP 5 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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