Project 10073 Record Card — Vero Beach, Florida, 26 March 1958

This document details a UFO sighting reported by a British Army Colonel on 26 March 1958, while he was vacationing at the Sea Horse Inn in Vero Beach, Florida. The witness observed a faint, flickering light low on the horizon shortly after midnight. He described the object's movement as following an irregular flight path, traveling from east to southeast over a duration of approximately two minutes. The witness explicitly stated that the object was not an aircraft and provided a hand-drawn sketch illustrating the irregular, zigzagging trajectory of the light. The report was processed under Project 10073. Following the report, the Air Force conducted an investigation, which included checking radar, the Ground Observer Corps, civil airlines, and military bases in the area. These inquiries failed to reveal any corroborating reports of unusual activity. In a letter dated 17 April 1958, Major Lawrence J. Tacker of the USAF Public Information Division thanked the Colonel for his report. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the case provided insufficient data for a definitive identification, suggesting the possibility that the sighting was an aircraft distorted by atmospheric conditions. The document includes the original record card, the witness's letter, his sketch of the flight path, a routing slip, and the final response from the Air Force.