Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting over Gulf of Mexico, 18 November 1954

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on November 18, 1954. The incident involved an RB-36 aircraft from the 60th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, stationed at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico. While flying over the Gulf of Mexico at coordinates 21.46N 84.47W, the aircraft's APQ-24 radar system detected an unidentified object. The observer, Captain Floyd Hendershot, noted that the object maintained a speed identical to that of the RB-36. The altitude of the object remained unknown, while the RB-36 was flying at 14,300 feet. Although APQ-24 scope photographs were taken during the encounter, the report indicates that these photos were not received by the evaluating agency. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting. The report was distributed to various military commands, including Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Offutt AFB and the Air Defense Command (ADC) at Ent AFB.