Project 10073 Record Card — Deland, Florida, 8 Jan 58

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet regarding a UFO sighting in Deland, Florida, on January 8, 1958. The witness, a civilian, reported observing two round, fuzzy-edged objects that appeared to be approximately the size of Mars. The objects were described as having an orange, rosey tint, with a possible hint of yellow. The observation lasted between two and five minutes. The witness provided a detailed, handwritten account of the event, describing her experience while driving, and also mentioned a separate, earlier incident in Sayville, New York, in September 1955, where she claimed to have seen a three-dimensional, transparent object hovering over her son's bed. The Air Force investigator assigned to the case was highly skeptical of the witness's account. The investigator's notes on the analysis sheet state that the witness appeared to have 'quite an imagination' consistent with her background in art, and suggested that she likely conflated natural occurrences with her imagination to create the report. Consequently, the case was officially closed and marked as having 'insufficient evidence' in accordance with Air Force policy for such reports. The documentation includes the standard questionnaire forms, which confirm that no radar contact was made, no photographs were taken, and no sound was heard during the sighting. The weather was reported as clear and dry. The file serves as an example of the administrative process used by the Air Force to document and evaluate civilian reports of unidentified aerial phenomena during the late 1950s.