PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787423

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONJacksonville Florida

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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DATE 2. LOCATION

10 March 1957_
3.

backsonville, Florida

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon

Probably Balloon

DATE-TIME GROUP
Wee pees ft bs a
ony 10/2100Z

2IK Ground- Visual
O Aire Visual

4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Possibly Balloon

Was Aircroft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

0 Grownd-Rodar

O Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE

O Yes

& No Civilian

Was Astronomical

Probably Astronomicoal

Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION _ 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

10 seconds

OnS

9. COURSE

Other
Insufficient Data for Evalustion

Unknown |

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South

0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

One object round like a saucer only in
a vertical position, size of silver
loilar, color white. Object was high
traveling at high speed. An a/c was
the area,

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11.

COMMENTS

ossible error

en observed onje

arents who also

ena. Also object overhead
and disappeared yet
flight path was given as heading
south from Jax to Miami. Indica-
tions are that this is probably
an a Sightmeg.

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B. CLEAR PD DAY |
5. WEST 3RD STREET JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA

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B. NONE
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B. 5,999 FT 32@ DEG 24 K CMA 10,808 FT 318 DEG 49 K CMA 24,890 FT |
36 DEG 75 K CMA 39,808 FT 288 DEG 18@ K CMA 59,88@ FT 288 DEG |

193 K PD

Ce CLEAR .
De 15 MILES

E. CLEAR

F. N/A

BS. N/A

9. NONE

1G. ONE RED COLORED TWO ENGINE AIRCRAFT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD

41. 6SOTH ACWRON OPERATIONS OFFICER PD NO COMMENT PD

12. NONE AVAILABLE

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I. UNKNOWN TRAVELING AT TERRIFIC SPEED

2. HEADING SOUTH FROM JAX TOWARDS MIA |

Ae SON AND DAUGHTER PLAYING IN YARD SAW IT CMA CALLED PARENTS
ATTENTION TO IT PD

B, DIRECTLY OVERHAED —~—~-—

C. SOUTH OF OBSERVERS YARD AT WEST 3RD ST. JACKSONVILLE
D. VERTICAL UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT

E. WENT OUT OF SIGHT

F. APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS

E. GROUND VISUAL

As GROUND VISUAL

_B, NONE USED

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