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Area Dry Tortugas, Florida, August 1957

Date of account
1957-08
Location
Area Dry Tortugas, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Area 口 Was Balloon 27 August 1957 Dry Tortugas,Florida 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAireroft GMT. 27/2045Z XQAirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OxWas Astronomical VenulS DYes 口 Probobly Astronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomical D.No Combination Astro 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 2minutes one not given blips. 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Object with bright red to reddish Astro chart shows Venus,Arcturus yellow pulsating light, speed approx and a lighthous all in approx imately 950sknots.Altitude estimated flight path line of observinga/c. tt 20,000 feet.Observed visually and Conclude UFo was caused by a by radar.

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