Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Shalimar, Florida, 1 August 1956
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AI-Generated Summary
A sighting of a brilliant white light in Shalimar, Florida, on 1 August 1956 was officially identified as an F-89 aircraft equipped with a stroboscope light.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on 1 August 1956 in Shalimar, Florida. The witness reported observing a single, round, brilliant white object with slightly flattened sides, appearing to be the size of a pea at arm's length. The object was described as twinkling or radiating like a star and initially appeared stationary in the sky. It subsequently moved very slowly along a horizontal, slightly downward path before disappearing behind trees. The initial sighting was recorded at 40 degrees azimuth, and it disappeared behind trees at 70 degrees azimuth. The total duration of the observation was six seconds. The report was received from the Headquarters of the Air Proving Ground Command at Eglin Air Force Base via AF Form 112. The official evaluation concluded that the sighting was caused by an aircraft light. Specifically, the details of the sighting were found to correlate with the activity of an F-89 aircraft that was equipped with a stroboscope light. The slow movement of the object was explained as the aircraft flying away from the observer.
Concur with preparing officer that sighting caused by a/c light.
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Official Assessment
Sighting caused by a/c light. Details of sighting correlate w/ activity of F-89 which carried stroboscope light.
The observed light was identified as an aircraft light from an F-89 operating in the area, which carried a stroboscope light. The observation lasted only six seconds before the object was obscured by trees.