PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6964779

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONOldsmar Florida

FRAMES4

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1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
28 fulv 1957 Oldsuar, Florida 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belloon
Locol 1145FST Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 30/04432 AinVi suel Air-intercept Rador D Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OY*s 0 Probobly Astronomical
O No Civilian o Passibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 SIED
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
onE klide into seal
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One bbject pale yellow ball of fire. UNIDENTIFIED UNIDENTIFIED
Size of basketball. Size of basketball. Object Obiect exploded
into multleolored into multlcolored lights upon hitting upon.hitting
water, Obj at 300 water, Ohj at 300 to 500 ft altitude. ft altitude.
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ATIC PORM 329 (REV 36 SEP 52) ATIC PORM 329 (REV 36 3EP 53)
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RJEPHO RJEPND ot
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DE RJESKB 1 1D 11:57
P 3114302
FM CONDR GSATH ACWRON MACDILL AFE FLA
LORADO SPRINGS COLP
RJESKB/CONDR 35TH ADIV CDY DOEBINS AFB GA
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR RJEDWP/COMDR A TECH INT CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHO/DIR OF RJEPHO/DIR ORM INT NQ-USAF WASH 25. INT HQ USAF WASH 25. BC EC
INFO RJAPNE/COMDR EADT STEWART AFB NY
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1PALE .. PALE YELLOW BALL OF FIRE
AROUND ROUGIT
2. ABOUT SIZE OF BASKETBALL
C.F PALE YELLOW
D. ONE
EN/A
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PAMA TIO 20016 0 (
178 MULTIOLORED LICHTT 12C. HITTLS
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A. WAS DAIVING SAN OLJEOT THRU TRNS (
6. ET1ITI ALTITUDE AT 360 TO 593 F FEET APPEARED IN SOUTHUEST
NEAR VEST OLDSMAR R TO NOMT EAST OF OESERVERS −
C. NIT WATER
PLSITION. -
D. GRADUAL SLANT INTO WATER RESEMBLED GLIDE OF AN AIRPLANE
EMPLODED −
E. NIT VATER AND
F. ABOUT ON MIMUTI
3. GROLID VISUAL
ANESATIVE ELECTRONIC
HOHE B.HONE
C.N/A CN/A
4 1145 PN EST 29 JULY 4 1145 PM EST 29 JULY 1957
A. 39/04452 A. 39/04452 JULY 1957 JULY 1957 C (
B.NICHT C
5. ON SAFETY 5. ON SAFETY MARBOR ROAD AT HEAD MARBOR ROAD AT HEAD OF TAMPA BAY
3. 3.
DA .
N/A
B.W/A

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A. DARK AND CLEAR
9. 155-7 251-19 269-10 316-5 672-14 841-15 95:-15 45-25 (
C. NCT 25 SCATTERED NI SCATTERED 15 MILES VISIBLITY SSE 7
E. 15 MILES
E. 25 SCATTERED HI SCATTERED
F. NONE
B.NONE 8.hom
9.NONE 9. NONE
19 NONE REPORTED
SICHTING G SOUNDS G SOUNDS LIKE A FLARE IN CERTAIN LIKE A FLARE IN CERTAIN RESPECTS PD CHECKED RESPECTS PD CHECKED
C
WITH CAA AND NCF OPERATICNS BYT WITH CAA AND NCF OPERATIONS BYT NEITHER ONE NEITHER ONE KNEW OF ANY FLARES
DROPPED PD COULD DROPPED PD COULD HAVE BEEN LIGHT BEEN LIGHT PANE PANE ON FIRE ON FIRE BUT NEITHER CAA BUT NEITHER CAA
NOR BASE OPS HAVE AIRCRAFT NISSING PD SSINC CAA IS Ta FURTHER INVESTIGATICNG FUPT
POSSIBILITY ANE PD CAA LATER REPORTED THAT THEY HAD SENT
A COAST GUARD TO LOOK AT THE AREA BUT NOTHING G WAS FOUND.
DT
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