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Lake Okeechobee, Florida, March 1955

Date of account
1955-03
Location
Lake Okeechobee, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 8March 1955 Lake Okeechobee, Florida 口 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Locai 首答round-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProboblyAircraft CMT09/0318Z DAir-Visual Air-lnterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical XCXNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9. COURSE Dxpother--Elares 口 InsufficientDataforEvaluation 口 Unknown unknown many/not counted N/A 10. BRIEF SUNMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bright,flare-like objects observed Phone contact with the Maxwell drifting earthward over Lake Flight Service Center verified Okeechobee,Florida. the existonce of flares in the specified area of Florida. Three B-47 type aircraft had been involved inahightphoto mission at the time of the sighting. No Re

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