PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7445963

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1969

REPORTED LOCATIONGainsville Florida

FRAMES7

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PROJECT IOO73 RECORD
1. DATE · TTNE CROUP . LOCATION
10/2035 EST
10 Nov69.11/0135Z Gainsville, Florida
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Balloon
4. NUMBER OF
One(1)
5. LENGTH OF TION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Observer sighted a bright light that moved from the NW to
3 minutes the SE. There the object seemed to hover and emit three
6. TYPE OF OBSERYATION TYPE O3SERYATION fire-red objects fire-red objects that descended toward the surface. The that descended toward
main object main object then again moved toward the then again disappeared. opeared.
Ground-Visual Ground-Visual
7. COURSE COMMENTS: Winds were Winds were toward the SE. The description is the SE. The description is
that of a garment bag bag hot ai hot ai badio
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE VIDENCE RETURN RETURN
7 Yes
20 No
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