Project 10073 Record Card — Crescent City, Florida, 1 August 1956

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on August 1, 1956, in Crescent City, Florida. The report describes a single, round, red object that was observed to be larger than a basketball. The witness, identified as a civilian, reported that the object appeared above the tree tops, remained stationary for a short duration, and then burst. The observation lasted for approximately one minute. The weather conditions at the time were described as a clear sky with a few scattered clouds. The report explicitly notes that there was no radar contact and no photographs were taken. The official evaluation of the incident, recorded on the card, suggests that the object sounded like a flare; however, the investigator explicitly stated that there was insufficient data to substantiate this conclusion. The document includes administrative routing information, indicating it was processed through various military channels, including the Air Defense Command (ADC) and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The record card serves as a formal summary of the event for the Air Technical Intelligence Center's files.