Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Message — Tyndall AFB, Florida, 3 October 1962

On October 3, 1962, at 2357Z, two witnesses at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, observed a circular, light-green object in the sky. The witnesses, 1LT Charles Tolton and A1C James A. Steele, both described the object as having no tail or exhaust and noted that it glowed, disappearing and reappearing throughout the five-second observation. The object was first sighted at a 20-degree elevation and appeared to descend in a curve of increasing steepness. Weather conditions at the time included low scattered clouds, with high cirrus and cumulus clouds in the background. The incident was reported via teletype to the Air Force, citing Air Force Regulation 203-2. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the sighting was a probable meteor. This determination was based on the object's description, its duration, and the observation that man-made objects would not typically glow green when overheating. The disappearance of the object was attributed to cloud coverage, and rough triangulation suggested the object was at a significant distance from the observers.