Project 10073 Record Card and Report on Unidentified Flying Object — Tyndall AFB, Florida, 19 September 1960

This document comprises a Project 10073 record card and a formal report regarding a UFO sighting at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, on 19 September 1960. The primary witness, a Master Sergeant with the 4756th Air Base Group, reported observing an elliptical, grapefruit-sized object that appeared brighter than a star. The witness, who identified himself as a rated pilot, noted that the object traveled on a steady course from the Southwest toward the Northeast for approximately ten to twelve minutes before disappearing instantly. The witness explicitly compared the object to other satellites he had observed, noting that this particular object was more stable and lacked the tumbling motion often associated with American or Russian satellites. The witness also contacted a Captain Norman R. Snedes to observe the phenomenon. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the sighting was a satellite, specifically Echo I, and that its disappearance was caused by the object passing into the Earth's shadow. The report includes detailed weather conditions at the time of the sighting and confirms that no radar contact was made and no photographs were taken.