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Tampa, Florida, July 1955

Date of account
1955-07
Location
Tampa, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-226-55 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon July1955 Tampa, Florida 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 09/03h0zJuly 1955 D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probabiy Astronomical 风No Military (MD) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. South Insufficienr Data for Evaluation bsktbhh 口 Unknown Unknown One (1) 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One (i) oval,luminous object moving south The original report, coming in by AF towards the moon. Form ll2,is very scant and does not supply the needed information for evaluation. SOREPORT INSFIL AIS0P Form5 (150ct54)

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