U. S. A I R , 0 ,_ C I T I C H MICA L I M fl 0 I MAT I 0 M S H II T tho fellew"'e te wrl .. eut ahart '"' el the nt thet ''" oMaretl. You,...,, .. peat InforMal len thet yaw .. .,. eiNa~y tlen In the ttvettlonnalre, on-' odd any further cOM ... nta, stotatttaRta, alaetchet thet , llellee '"'''" Try te ,,.,,,.t the cletellt of the .e..,., .. t ion In the .~., IR which the, occurr_... Acl-'hll ,.,., of ma aame tlae popar may be attachM { Oo Not Wri to ;" Thi 1 Space) I. DATITIMI o' O&llcn s. LIMOTM CMt .. TT~I 0' OIIIIVA Tt .. t. 'MYIICAL. IY-IICI PTD lltt ta I~ey .idst, ::'lorida UNCLASS\FlED Description Key Weat, Florida Betveen the hr,t.:e or 2200 and 2230 EST, a a tudent at the Fleet Sonu School, United S~a~es Naval Base, Ke7 Weat, Florida, obaerved an uni4en- t1 rted tl.ytng ot~-t 1 n the oky over the town or Key West. The object app-.&~ed to be Rpproximately the size or a pin point or a atar, very brJght white in color, proceeded rapidly trom lov on the weatern akJ line tQ a point dir~ctly forward and overhead. The obJect tben blinked out. momentrllJ h-!r\lre deaeending below the eastern skyline. No aero- dynBmlc features, trsll, exhauat, propulsion ayatem, o:-aoun4 wre note4 SpP.e~ va reporte~ na unknown, since the oboerver did not know the ob- J~r.t 'e true ai-&e ;,r J t.e diatanc:e fro h1.m. The observer ot&ted that the ou.i~c:t e.ppeared t , move in regular smooth c lrcles. D i cJc;ut~sion Tnrtulry "'' :1' :,~ la to the observer's E;eneral rl!putatlon o.nd ch wn~ter. HL~ ttl t t t!r.rt&Jor in S on ar Operations stated that be had no kn;;Yledp Ot thtt o lJcnr.-r eXcept during ,tuty houra The 8UperY180r . r<''''e hia a cbar ,.~ :-t ,,tlng or "very good", "nbove reproach", and de- ctibecl hlll u ~ !. .,naclentloue, good student -not outatendlns but above anr~ 'l '! lntervlev.r stated that the obser~er apparet to be ata'ble, ""' -t.J~tecl, and ver7 consistent Vith bla anawra alter conaldera'ble q .... ~.tunJ.ac. The v.atber ~t the tl .. or the obaervstion V&a reporte4 aa a bro~D . o..,ereut. Clot.h -'!t reported to be solid to the vest where the obJeo~ diaappeare4. ~ -t< vitb CAA office or U.S. Westher Bureau at Boca Chica Ke7 rev" ,,. .._ ::eilinl or 22,300 feet. There wre ~4trl alreratt in the area an4 one ot tbe vaa equip. pe4 vltla a HVeiU.t~ht. 'l'here 11 a probabilit7 tbat tba obaer1er aav the eearcbliabt -nn~ ~be area. Conc:lual Otber -Probably .. arebl1ght on aircraft. C J L'J CJLC U \ICLASS;FI .;:o JEFORE:!:T -'fllttttl r.teitlTY P: Jr 3/COMMHDIR FLIGHT. SE?.VIC~ ~ASH 25 ~c ~;~ClASSifiED JOINT MESSAGEFOR , -m { j P'RCEDNCE ACIIOII ~ ORIGINAL \IISSAOI l~ .. ll I:1ERNATIOtLU. .'~'1?0P.T : U.illi FLA ) CRYYfOfR \UTM)N 0 N ~t. Tll'!.f 'DDIUSI RU'F.P; TO ... ~iAGi!. .,_ .n ,ICA , , I o_,..-,;tiCATIQIII A !olr. C. a. Dei'llt'l"eat ot the P l.eet Sonar J chOOl at Key West Fla., observed en u:1iden- ttnH uri&l obJect at 24:->.l.Jj i"'.aT 21t Jul. 53. Request tbat your organisation perf'Jr!il tn. 1Dftat1gat1oa accar41n~ to AJ'L 200-5. Tbla Center vaa a4vS.ae4 by t!W MII&WU Flieht senice Center ot tr.e above siGhting. cite P.ro~ Blu. Book. ~\'ll l Cf 1 I"AGO Lilr:W IIAY M '.RD. SIX WEAT:.~.: i l ILES TEr1P : 7 ,\ L Sl..'Y COVZR UNCLASS~r: UNet.ASSlFl ED 1S6'N VIIO (N) ; fi ~'(I CIAJ. URPOR! Miai, Flod.da !'rlft.llli ttel ot U l'oftl 112, FLlOIR.O! E!~t-. Air ~orce A~h ;~.:--,ctor of I~tlli~nee Docal~aoft Air Foree Ba3 GreenY1ll, SoutA carolina co .. andttr Tactil.l.al A.ir Co nnd Tr..ls :ep,lt.y _;htet -,r Sta!f , Ir.~elll.?!t .. nc Land.T Atr FoPOe .9aae rr:;: Direct.or ut' Int.ell1 HMilquartA ... , Uni 3tatea .\ir !~rc UNeLASSIF! E:J. 1. Ia e.ullMee lfltla 1f1ft .....-tr. tu eo-and