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23 Mi SE of Belle Glade, Fla., May 1958

Date of account
1958-05
Location
23 Mi SE of Belle Glade, Fla.
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 REC0RD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17May58 23 Mi SE of Belle Glade,Fla P Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPEOF OBSERVATION G Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local Xround-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 18/0500Z AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XOKNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3mins one Climbing 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Long, cigar-shaped obj, size of Insufficient data for analysis. basketball.Dull orange to glaring white as it changed direction.Broad rear to tapering front w/spotlight at front. When it turned vertical it was triangle shaped. When spotlight was trained on obj it went into a steep climb & disappeared. ATICFO

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