Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Cards and Correspondence Regarding UFO Sightings in Key West, Florida
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A witness in Key West reported two similar aerial sightings in July 1963. Air Force investigations concluded the objects were likely meteors, as no military operations at Eglin AFB could be linked to the events.
This document contains records from Project 10073 regarding two UFO sightings reported by a witness in Key West, Florida, on July 18 and July 24, 1963. The witness, associated with Marine Electronics Co., reported seeing an oblong, white-hot object approaching from the North on both occasions. The object reportedly burned out, leaving a persistent white smoke cloud that remained visible for several minutes. The witness noted that the object traveled in a straight course due South and appeared to be at a great distance. The Foreign Technology Division of the Air Force Systems Command initiated an inquiry with Eglin Air Force Base to determine if any military operations or munitions testing could explain the sightings. The response from Eglin AFB, dated November 12, 1963, stated that a search of test and base operations records failed to reveal any possible source for the sightings. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record cards is that the observations were likely meteors, despite the witness's assertion that the objects did not behave like falling stars.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS TO BE A FALLING STAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING ALMOST HORIZONTAL WITH THE EARTH WHEN IT BURNED.
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Official Assessment
Description of meteor that has burned and left a smoke cloud visible.
The sightings were initially considered to be meteors. Investigations at Eglin AFB failed to reveal any test operations or munitions testing that could account for the observations.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Marine Electronics Co.
Key Persons
- ERIC T de JONCKHEEREColonel, USAF, Deputy for Technology and Subsystems
- WALLACE R. SMITHMajor, USAF, Asst Deputy for Foreign Technology