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Polk County, Florida, October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
Polk County, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT:10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION Y2.CONCLUSIONS Potk County Florida 口 Was Balloon 23 0ctober 1957 Lake Wales & Bartow AB,Fla. Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1700 αXroundVi suol Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Locel. 口 Probably Aircroft 23/2200Z GMT αAi~Viud Air-lntereept Roder 口 Possibly Aireroft 5.PHOTOS Z.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol aYo. 口 Probobly Astrenomicel XRNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astrenemicel 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. Insufficient Dete fer Evaluotion 口 Unkno wn one hour one South 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS A round silver object with a red ligh The size is probably a mis-inter- on one side the size of a dirigible pretation. Concur with preparing at t arm's length,directly overhead officer. Possible wx balloon. & moving slowly. Information called in to Mr. Sanderson as AFcIN-X had previousl 17-3445-426 r

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