Project 10073 Record — Winter Park, Florida, 14 May 1966

On 14 May 1966, at approximately 0025Z, a civilian witness in Winter Park, Florida, reported observing an unidentified aerial object. The witness, who holds a private pilot's license and is considered highly reliable, was entering his home when he noticed the object in the sky. The object was described as rectangular, gray-white in color, and approximately 75 feet above the ground. It featured a football-shaped upper section and a visible depression on its underside. During the ten-minute observation, the object made no sound and was seen drifting back and forth at a constant altitude before climbing at a 45-degree angle to the east and rapidly accelerating until it disappeared. The witness noted a red blinking light on the bottom of the object and a white light, though he could not recall if the white light was also blinking. The sighting occurred on a clear night between Lake Killarney and Route 17-92. The report was processed by the 1360th Air Base Group at Orlando Air Force Base and forwarded to the Foreign Technology Division under Project 10073. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was possibly an aircraft.