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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — DeFuniak Springs, Florida, 26 December 1956

📅 26 December 1956 📍 DeFuniak Springs, Florida 📄 Record Card
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TL;DR

A 1956 sighting report of an egg-shaped object in Florida, officially concluded to be an aircraft despite discrepancies in the timeline regarding a local helicopter.

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on December 26, 1956, at 2320Z in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. The witness reported observing a single, white, egg-shaped object with a red tinge around its edges. The object was described as being approximately the size of a small grapefruit and exhibited red flashes, which were estimated to be between 1/10 and 1/20 of the object's size. The object was observed for a duration of 15 to 25 minutes, during which it traveled west, moving from an elevation of 30 degrees to 45 degrees at an azimuth of 135 degrees. No photographic evidence or radar contact was associated with the event. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authority was that the object was likely an aircraft. This determination was made despite the presence of a helicopter in the area, which had landed ten minutes before the object disappeared from sight. The evaluator noted that the witness's estimation of the time the object was in sight might have been incorrect, leading to the conclusion that the sighting was likely caused by an aircraft.

Concur with reporting officer that sighting caused by a/c.

Official Assessment

Concur with reporting officer that sighting caused by a/c. Although there was a helicopter in the area & the details of the sighting indicate that this was cause, the helicopter landed ten minutes before the obj disappeared. However, time in sight may have been incorrectly estimated. Therefore, prob aircraft is evaluation of this sighting.

The object was likely an aircraft, despite the presence of a helicopter in the area that landed prior to the object's disappearance, suggesting a potential error in the estimated time of the sighting.

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