PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - OCALA, FLORIDA - 28 JULY 1956

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on July 28, 1956, in Ocala, Florida. The report describes a single cylindrical object, red in color, which was observed by a civilian witness for a duration of forty minutes. The object was described as being comparable to an automobile headlight and approximately five times larger than a normal star. The witness observed the object moving from east to west, descending from an initial elevation of 30 degrees to 20 degrees before slowly fading from sight. The report explicitly notes that there was no radar contact made with the object. Weather conditions at the time were reported as cloudy with 12,000 feet broken ceilings and five-tenths to nine-tenths cloud cover. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities, specifically the Air Technical Intelligence Center, was that the wind and the description of the object indicated it was a possible balloon. The documentation includes the original record card and the subsequent military teletype transmission from the 66th ACWRON at MacDill AFB to various Air Force commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB.