Project 10073 Record Card and Analysis Test Report — Orlando, Florida, August 1962

This document details a sighting and subsequent material analysis conducted in August 1962. A civilian witness in Orlando, Florida, reported observing an object explode in the air, with a fragment falling into their swimming pool. The witness believed the object was a meteorite and requested identification. The 8th Weather Squadron at McCoy Air Force Base forwarded the recovered material to the ATI Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis. The laboratory analysis, documented in an Analysis Test Report dated 17 October 1962, examined three samples (10226, 10227, and 10228). The Florida sample (10226) was subjected to spectrographic and X-ray analysis, which determined the material was principally silicon and appeared to be earth, as evidenced by the presence of roots and the identification of SiO2. The other samples mentioned in the report were identified as low alloy steel (10227) and type 3003 aluminum alloy (10228). The investigation concluded that the Florida object was not a meteorite.