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NAS Key West, Florida, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
NAS Key West, 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 3 December 1956 NAS Key West, Florida 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION XXGround-Visual Ground·Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 04/0019Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT- 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astroromical XXNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. Insuffici snt Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown few seconds one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object bright flash of white Insufficient Data. light. Size and distance unknown, no sound, no trail. object observed one dgr above horizon, azimuth 90 dgr from Key West NAS. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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