Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting at Delray Beach, Florida, 21 June 1954

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype report detailing an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting that occurred on June 21, 1954, in Delray Beach, Florida. The report documents the observations of two witnesses, a 22-year-old professional model and a 17-year-old student, both of whom were deemed highly reliable. The witnesses described a single, luminous, disc-shaped object with a dome-like structure on top. The object was initially observed hovering and appeared to be spinning with an erratic, wobbly motion. When the object tilted toward the observers, the dome-like structure became more apparent. The sighting lasted approximately 12 seconds, during which the object began moving slowly in an easterly direction over the ocean before accelerating to 'meteor speeds' and disappearing from sight. The report notes that the sky was overcast at the time, with no precipitation or electrical activity. Military authorities, specifically the 17th Air Transport Wing at Palm Beach Air Force Base, processed the report and forwarded it to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). Major Robert E. Berry, acting as the Director of Operations, provided the final assessment, concluding that the object was an astronomical meteor. The document includes detailed meteorological data for the area at the time of the sighting and notes that the estimated diameter of the object was 22 feet.