PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6959370

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1958

REPORTED LOCATION2Mi Sof Odessa Fla

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

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2F 6Jan 58

2. LOCATION

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

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CONCLUSIONS

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Wes Aircraft
Probobly Aircrofr
Possibly Aircraft

Astronomical
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Possibly Astronomical

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A. GOUND SPHERE

ABOUT HALF SIZE OF A LARGE AIRLINER

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1G. ONE A/C IN LEAD OF THIS OBJECT ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF MILES
1i. POSSIBILITY THAT THIS Was AN AIRCRAFT INTERCEPTING ANOTKER
AT A HIGHER ALTITUDE AND THE PATH OF THE AIRLINER HAPPENED TO

COINCIDE WITH THOSE OF THE FIGHTERS, SHEEPMAN HAD TWO NAVY FIGHTERS

IN THAT LOCATION AT ABOUT THAT TIME PD SENIOR DIRECTOR PD

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