Project 10073 Record Card — Palm Beach, Florida, 14 July 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on July 14, 1955, in Palm Beach, Florida. The primary witness, Captain Jack M. Reed of the 177th Air Base Squadron, reported seeing a single conical, white object with a tail exhaust that appeared to move smoothly from an east-southeast to west-northwest direction. The object was described as blue-white in color and was observed for a duration of ten to fifteen seconds at an elevation of 10 degrees. The witness was noted as being reliable. The military report provides additional technical details, including weather conditions at the time, which were described as clear with a surface temperature of 87 degrees. The report notes that the observer had previously reported a sighting in Orlando, Florida, earlier that same day at 0200Z. The evaluating agency, ATIC, concluded that if the timing of the observations was accurate, the witness likely observed two different objects. Given the trajectory and the duration of the sighting, the official assessment suggested that the object was likely astronomical in nature, specifically a meteor.