Jacksonville Florida — March 1957

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Keywords: rjeskb, jacksonville, parents, comdr, rjepnb, lracksonville, ve1ti, drror, hassed, wpa159, ymb121, 8kbai57, rjedenrjedwp, rjephw, s61th, ftjone, liousewife, phana, wph158, acwron, possiblyastronomical, oiservat10n, poiuf, cofidr, sightmg
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 1 0 :.-larch 1937 lracksonville . F lorida o Probably Balloon ssi bl Y Boil oon Local. 1 6()0 .>aGround-Visual 0 Ground-Radar GMT. 10/ 2 1 0 0 Z 0 Air-Visual 0 Alrlntercept Radar Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po asl bl y AI rcrah S. PHOtOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical a Y 0 Probably Astronomical ctHo Civilian 0 PossiblyAstronomical 1. L!NCTH OP.OISERVAT10N I. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Ot er----------- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Un\cnown . 10 seconds ~0. aRI!F SUMMARY 01' ~GHTING 11. COMMENTS One object round like a saucer o nly in a ve1ti.cal. position, size of silver dollar, ~olor white. Object was hig h & t:aveling at high speed. An a/ c was !Possible drror i n durat.lon. Child-- ren observed ooject aad called parents who also wi t hassed phana- ~ena. Also object sight:ed ov~rhead ~n the area. . AT!C POIUf 329 ( "R&V 26 lltP 52) and disappeare d verticalLy, yet flight pa~h was give n as heading sout:h from Jax to Miami. I ndica- tions are tha t th~s is probably a n a , c :sightmg. WPH158 WPA159 YMB121 VYD1 VDC1~8KBAi57 PP RJEDENRJEDWP RJEPHW RJEPNB DE RJESKB 7D F11 COfiDR S61TH ACWRON MACDILL AFB FLA TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJESKB/COMDR 35TH ADlV DOBBINS AFB GA RJIDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INT CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHO/DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH DC . !NFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY /Ul:CLASSIFIED/OPS S121 PD ATTN: EADF CIC PD 1. ROUND LIKE A SAUCER ONLY IN A VERTICAL POSITION B. SILVER DOLLAR F . ftJONE . H. NONE PD TOO HIGH 1 ?:t i1A RCH B. CLEAR PD DAY 5. WEST "3RD STREET JACKSONVILLE FlORIDA H ST JACKSONVILLE FLA liOUSEWIFE 7. SKY CLEAR CMA VIS 15 MILES CMA WIND NW AT 11 PAGE THREE RJESl<B 7D A. CLEAR VIS . ... Qil FT 321 DEG 24 K CMA 11,ZII FT 311 DEG 40 K CMA 20,111 FT 9QJI FT 280 DEG . 15 ;~IILES 11. 01IE RED COLORED TWO ENGINE AIRCRAFT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD 11. 6-:S0TH ACWRON OPERATIONS OFFICER PD NO COMMENT PD 121'15522 MAR RJESKB PAGE TTJO RJESKB 7D I. UNKNOWN TRAVELING AT TERRIFIC SPEED 2. HEADING SOUTH FROM JAX TOWARDS MIAi ; A.. $~\J AND DAUGHTER PLAYING IN YARD S A l IT CMA CALLED PARENTS ATTENTION TO IT PD C. SOUTH OF OBSERVERS YARD AT WEST ~RD ST. JACKSONVILLE D. VERTICAL UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT E. W01T OUT OF SIGHT F. APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS E. GROUND VISUAL . A. GROUND VISUAL . B.. NONE USED