Area Dry Tortugas radar-visual unidentified-object report — August 1957

On or during August 1957, at or near Area Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States, the source reports the following sequence: COMFAIRLANT COMAIRPAC COMNAVBASE, KWES Sketch of Area - 09/27/1957 Witness note. - observed fire Flight path (Circle) - 180 east To West The image appears to contain a chart or graph labeled "(525) LAKE OKEECHOBEE". WPH89WPGC867 YDAFF TYBNS TMAFATBT2B-BSEM 28SSEMA 948 BR RJEPHO RJSDGP RJSDEN RJSPNS RJENV RJEGK RJEKL RBEKAG RBGMD DE RBSMAB 25 R 282984#2 FT FARTLLANT TO RJEPHO/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJEDWP/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER /AT ONE AA-TWD C RJEDEN/COMMANDER AIR DEFENSE COMD RJEPNS/COMMANDER EASTERN AIR DEFENSE FORCE INFO RBEPW/ONI RBEGK/COMEASTSEAFRON RBGKL/COMNAVAILANT RBGKAG/COMNAVBASE KWNJH RBGMD/COMFAIRJAX NAVY GRNC BT FLYOBPT X ONE BRIGHT LIGHT COFOR PULSATING BRIGHT RED TO REDDISH YELLOW X ALSO PICKED UP ON AGCFT RADAR AS LARGE BLIP AT RANGE 29 MILES X RADAR RANGE INCREASED IN JUMPS TO 30 MILES IN APPROX ONE MIN X INTERCEPTOR TRUE AIR SPEED(400 KTS X OBJECT REMAINED TRUE AIR SPEED(582 KTS) X OBJECT DISCONTINUED AT 32 MILES RANGE X PILOT VISUALLY FOLLOWED OBJECT AS IT FADED FROM SIGHT X RADAR BLIP LARGER THAN 3-4D AT COMPARABLE RANGE X TIME OF SIGHTING 2720B-27 FOR PERIOD OF APPROX TWO MIN X SIGHTED VISUALLY BY TWO PLTS AND OBSERVED BY TWO PLT'S ON +PG-19351 RADAR X OBSERVER INITIAL POSITION 2B-32N 82-29W ALT 26000 FT X OBSERVER FINAL POSITION 2B-32N 82-29W ALT 24000 FT LAKE OKEECHOBEE (525) UNITED STATES U.S. Pighetti, a lightbeam was observed in the Dry Tortugas. Time: 2045 PAGE TWO RBEMAB 25 24-34N 52-44W X OBJECT INITIALLY SIGHTED WEST OF OBSERVER X INITIAL RADAR POSITION OF OBJECT 24-34N 53-17W X INTERCEPTOR POSITIONS VERIFIED BY GROUND RADAR SITE X OBJECT ALTITUDE ESTIMATED 29998 FT X OBSERVED BY PFT R BROWN CHM RADAR OBSERVER PARELLA AND PILOT T N FORTENBERRY X PILOTS EXPERIENCED IN INTERCEPT WORK X OBSERVATIONS CONSIDERED RELIABLE X SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO WEST X LIGHTS SOUTH 14 KTS AT 24898 FT X POSSIBLE MISTAKEN IDENTITY AS DRY TORTUGA<S> DISCOUNTED BY PLTS STATEMENTS AND LATER OBSERVATIONS OF LIGHTS ON DRY TORTUGA<S> X NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE X INTERCEPTIONS ATTEMPTED W/UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO SPEED X ALL KNOWN TRAFFIC IN WARNING AREA 174 UNDER POSITIVE CONTROL OF GROUND RADAR SITE AND NOT INVOLVED DPN 24-34N 52-44W 24-34N 53-17W 28998 14 24998 174 25/08/4SZ AUG RBEMAB JOINT MESSAGEFORM SECURITY CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED MULTIPLE ADS. OBSERVED VISUALLY BY EXPERIENCED PILOTS. Must be returned to Issuing office after use. I will now proceed to extract all the text found in the document: MULTIPLE 2 RCS PRECEDENCE ACTION ROUTINE INFO ROUTINE FROM GORDON AATIC TO: CIVIL AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY MIAMI AIRWAYS TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MIAMI 21, FLORIDA INFO: COMMANDER 1005TH AICS, ENT AFB, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO THIS INFORMATION REGARDING ANY CIVIL AIR TRAFFIC MAY BE PERTINENT TO UNIDENTIFIED OR UNUSUAL AERIAL OBJECTS REPORTED BETWEEN 2200 HOURS, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN OR ASSIST EVALUATING UFO REPORT SUBMITTED BY NAVY UNIT IN THAT LOCALE. OBSERVED VISUALLY BY EXPERIENCED PILOTS. UNCLASSIFIED, FROM: AUGTR-99 CITE 2-1297-F BE USED FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ACTIVITIES OR OPERATIONS VICINITY OF DRY TORTUGAS, APPROXIMATELY 90 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, 27 AUGUST 57, BETWEEN 2030 TO 2100 HOURS, WHICH MAY RELATE TO FLIGHT EVALUATION UFO SIGHTINGS REPORTED BY NAVY UNIT IN THAT AREA. BRIEF SUMMARY: OBJECT BRIGHT RED TO REDDISH YELLOW, OBSERVED AT 20,000 FEET, WITH SPEED APPROXIMATELY 995 KNOTS. OBSERVED BY EXPERIENCED PILOT.