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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6790173

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONFt Myers Florida

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bailoon
26_May_1957 Ft Myers.Florida AxProbably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local1950 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircrafy
000 Probobly Aircruft
GMT. 27/0050_t001227 Air-Vi suai Air-Intarcept Rodar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astranomical
xNo Civilian.Military 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other
000 000 insufficiont Data for Evaluation Insufficiont Data for Evaluation
Unknown Unknown
still visible at time One stationary
10. BRIEP SUMMARY O 10. BRIEF SUMMARY of rpt. rpt. 1. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One object shaped fingered handl From deseription, times in sght fingered hand. From deseription, times in sght
Brilliant white Th dark object and object tationary or sli ghtly
with defused iight behind in that rising and report on winds at
order, size of silver dollar. time of sighting leads to the
conclusion this object was a
balloon. balloon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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DEFUSED IN THAT ORDER
G NONE
H. NONE
DI. DARK OBJECT BEHIND WITH DEFUSED LIGHT BEHIND THAT
2. STATIONARY EXCEPT MAY BE RISING SLIGHTLY
A. GOC A'3C OBSERVER ON DUTY NOTICED IT
B.DIRECTLY OVERHEAD 15,000 - 20,000 FEET
C. STILL VISIELE ~
D. NONE {
E. STILL VISIBLE
7. 00502 TILL PRESENT 0122Z
3.
A. VISUAL
B. BINOCULARE 9X50 C
C. N/A .
26/1950 EST
A. 27/00502
B. NIGHT (
5. JM 0634
C
COMPANY -
YERS FLA TELEPHONE

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B.N/A
7. CLEAR
A. CLEAR VISIBILITY GOOD
B. 070/10 0 050/15 40/10 1370/10 180/10 140/75 ~
1:'. NONE
D. 15 MILES -
E. KKCLEAR
JF. VIDELY SCATTERED AND LIGHT FORECAST
(
8. NONE
9. NONE
10. NONE
11 NONE FRANK J. SEIDL 1/LT. USAF
120 NONE (
BT OH INI CNIR WRIGHI OH INI CNIR WRIGHI PAI ARE AFE OHIO OHIO
MAY RJESKBQ USAF WASH DC ¸
20/15312
INFO RJEPNB/C . EaD AFB NY AFB NY
BT BT ..
/UNCLASSIFIED/OPS.0290 PD ATTN: EADF CIC PD /UNCLASSIFIED/OPS.0290 PD ATTN: EADF CIO PD
1. BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT IN SHAPE OF A TI 1. BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT IN SHAPE OF A TRHREE FINGERED RHREE FINGERED D HAND HAND WITH (
DARK OBJECT AND DEFUSED DARK OBJECT AND DEFUSED LIGHT LIGHT BEHIND IN THAT ORDER
A. THREE FINGERED HAND A THREE FTNGERED HAND
B. SILVER DOLLAR VISUAL AND BASEBALL THROUGH 9 (/ 50 BINOCULARS
—
C.(WHITE 4
D. ONE
E. i N/A -
F. S SHAPE OF THREE FINGERED HAND BRIGHT LIGHT DARK OBJECT AND
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