PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Avon Park, Florida, 26 March 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated teletype communications regarding an aerial sighting on March 26, 1956, near Avon Park, Florida. Two civilian observers, Mrs. Grace Thomas and Mr. C. R. Barnett, reported seeing a large group of objects, estimated at 100 or more, moving from north to south. The objects were described as round, roughly the size of a child's balloon, and were noted to be shiny and reflecting light. The observers reported that the objects appeared in two distinct formations: the first was loosely grouped, and the second was wedge-shaped. The sighting lasted approximately one minute, during which the observers noted no sound and no maneuvers, observing that the objects eventually faded out abruptly. The weather conditions were reported as very clear with unlimited visibility. The Ground Observer Corps (GOC) officially identified the objects as birds. A follow-up teletype communication indicates that the Miami GOC reported a similar sighting in the same position later that day, at 1825Z and 1852Z. The report confirms that no military aircraft were working in the Avon Park danger area at the time of the initial observation.