PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6962636

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSarasota Florida

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION - 12. CONCLUSIONS
OX Was Balloon
17 Ju1v 1957 Sarnsota.Florida 0 Probably Balioon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Locol_2400 h2s EST Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireroft
GMT 18/05007 Air-Visuai Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yas 00 Probably Astronamical
.No Housewife Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER 9. COURSE Other.
W tO E to W 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 to 2 minutes circled Unknown
one
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A balloon shaped silver object about U.S. WX service States WX
the size of a l0o ft balloon was balloons launched fm Tampa, Fla.
sighted at tree top level & disappeared/ at 2400 hrs.
above this same level.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV V 26 3EP 52) V 26 3EP 52)
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RJEPHQ/DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH DC -
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1. LOOKED LIKE A G 1. LOOKED LIKE A GO SILV OLOR AND SPINNING LOR AND SPINNING
LIKE A TOP
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A. BALLOON SHAPE borl torhn
(100 FOOT 100 FOOT BALLOON Si J J e
B. ABOUT THE SIZE B. ABOUT THE SI
C. SILVER O C
D.ONE
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E. NONE
F. NONE
G. NONE

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A. WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SHOTS Bacn becfre) C
B. TREE TOP LEVEL
C. LITTLE ABOVE TREE TOP LEVEL +
D MADE A CIRCLE AND ATELY 300 YARDS FROM HOUSE
E. WENT OUT OF SIGHT i 7 0
F. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MINUTES F BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MINUTES
3. VISUAL 3. VISUAL — . .. -
-A.CROUND VISUAL Sv. states wx bellns Sv. stats Wx belloss
B. NONE U.S. Weather U.S. Weather
launched d form Tanpe Tenpe ti tine t iltine
C. N/A
4 APPROXIMATELY 4APPRCXIMATELY 12000 CLOCK MT MTDNtGHT JULY OR 0100 18 JULY 57 - - . /
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B. NIGHT Nit Tanpat C
5. TWO MILES SARASOTA CITY LINE AchyS arss
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B. NIGHT C
5. TWO MILES SARASOTA CATY LINE Ahy Saas
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6.
A. SARASOTA FLORIDA HOUSEWIFE
B.N/A C
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7. Winds fer
A. GOOD
B220-10 24@-1a) 210-15 24-346-25 048-15 UNKNOEN
C. WX AT MACDILI
10 MILES 1 MILES
D. GOOD D.G GOOD Ne U.5. wathe Na U.S. 5. Weather Beeln Bello
E. UNKNOWN Schedles shaw
QUADRANT lannchings
F SOUTHERN
8. NONE
HOURS OLD
1UNKNOWN
11, OPERATIONS WEATHER BALLOON
12. NONE 7 Balloa
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