PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wu 8olt00ft Florida o Proltoltly Boll eon Poui ~y .~lloon Locol 2020 EST ~Graun4-Vt.uel a Groun-'R.d., 0 Proltov y Alrcr t At.-Vf.,el a Al,.lntee~t R84lw D PouiWy Aircraft D ProltoWy Astronofftfcol D PossiWy A1t,...omfc.l Insufficient Doto ,_, Ev.,luotion 1. LI!NOTH Ofi.OIIIItYATIOM I. NUMIIEit Of' oJICTS t. COUitSI D 1. Object -seconds 2. Smoke -several minutes one .t~teJ:ing Atmosphet11! Unl&noWft 10. BAIIfl SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING Object appearing like a plane that was White hot approached from North burning out in a few seconds. Object turned into a white cloud of smoke ~hich persisted for several minutes after the burning and fire had disappeared. Speed compared to ECHO. Believed to be a great distance away. Arter burning a smoke curl traveled beyond and up as though a piece had l~oke off of the main body. Estimated to have pccured over Alabama or Mississippi. See Case of 24 July 1963, same witness. 1 1. COMMENTS Description of meteor that bas burned and left a smoke cloud visible~ ii.II J reT, Fe~-..., Felix. .ur rep<::c)i!jle tor Deputy tor ti._ \ T.tACZ - r-~Jtll'", Of!IY Y DCVISION A I"' ,. OAC& IYST !!!t C: OMJoeAND 'J114t'TtD I'T A"P IU -'"' .-ottc ' oAIC'-QUIO,, SADDLE BU S C H SHORES KEY WEST, FLA. WIAT I AM UPORTDIG MAT OR KAY JfOT B OF ITEUST TO YOUR OFFICK .n."'ViRTDLISS I All ~XIl!Q TIIS ~POltT. . 0!1 NIGIT 0~8 JULY ...,PROM MY :101m OM SADDI.m ltlliCI ut,DU DY 1D1WJSIH!OMT I OJSIRfJil) fill! APPWW TO li: A PIAD A.PPROACIIIG l'ROM AI.MOIT DUE liOUT DlltiCTION,UPO. CLOSD EXAWIIATIOll I IJOTICiiD TIERA \YAS llO JLilfUIG LIGITS OK RUNNING LIGKTS ALTIOUGI TKIS OJJiCT WAS LID Alf OILOliG OJJiCT LOOKIIfG LID IT \TAS illiTE lOT Am> A FT/1 s:ICOIDS. LATKR IT COliPLftED JUJOOi.1) AND TUMJ.1> TO A lOIITID CLOUD OP' Sl.IOD, PROIAJLY DUE TO AL'riTUD.X AND TD SUlf$ RAYS J:IING Olf 'Ill C niS WAS AT S.:tO HI KS! OK JOLT 18,lt8~ TKIS CLOUD RiMAI!IIiD TISIIU: P'OJt SEfERA.L MINU'l'IS AFT:i..ll TIE IURNilfG AliD AIJ. LIOITS O!t P'IU .lAD DISAPP~ TD SPBJID OF HIS OI~C'l' SJ:WED TO l:i AJOUT LID tD IALLOIJI TD1' WAS YISAJL& TWO OR T11tES Y'.EAltS AGO AlfD LOODD VERY WCI AS IT DID llDlf til!: SUBS RAYS WAS Olf IT AT NI<mr Olf ITS WAY ACROSS TD COUNTRY I IATK NO IDJ!A or APPROX. DISTANC3 TROll !ii OF TKIS OJJJ;CT REPORTID JUT All QUITE SUR.i IT W.U A't A GREAT DIST.UCi !'ROll la LOCATIO. IKD 10 UIU:S J.i. OF KEY WKST. A...'lO'BiR 'l'IIlfG I NOT IC~ ALTIOUGB IT MAY NOT li OP DlPORTANCI ~IU IT IURN:li:D .AlfD 'l'UitUD WII'rl SUID ,A SKOD CURL TIU'BUD liYOHD ABO UPW'AltD FROM '.!.'D KA~ CLOUD AS IF TIS OIJiCT JlA.D :Ji5 TRAYniNG AT :IIGI SPI:IJ1) AND PISCU STILL SMOIIlfO TRAYiLiD FORWARD AliD UPWAim. FROM 'CIE UAill IT W.AS DARIRSS DlU: AT 't!E TDJI AND I F.,...iii-L TIAT SUNS RAYS lrAS OU TJ&: CLOUD OR OtiiBWI~ I WOULD lllll Jili!N AJmJ TO SD IT FO!t SlnRAL I MINUTSS Al"TER TD ltrltNING. TIIS WOULD L.'IDICATB Tl!AT IT WAS Sm.liTJIIHG NOT TOO FAR FROM TD WARTI DT~ING TP ATMOSPAila. IP' TKI3 W.A.a AS I NDICATJ:D A SA':TLI'B OR SO~ OTll:.R SP.\C~ V ICU sUlD ::;:r WA~ .At 't~ DIST~'JC!i: IT AP~ TO a:. IT SilOvLD ::UH HAPP~ OVER AlAIAMA OR MISSISSIPPI IN niAT ARiA. I DO NOT JLIEY.i T!IS TO J~ A FALLING STAR OR ANYmiNG Liu THAT. IT APPEA-~0 TO l~ ~rtA ~LI)lG AUJOST :IORUC~TAL ,un T1~ ::U..~'D WDlf I 1' l mL'lAD T1lANX YOU SADDLE Bt1NCB 8BORU KEY WEST, FLA. WATIOIAL AJRONAUTIQS & SPAGi ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTOI as. D.o REI"L y TO TDEW HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITEO STATES AlA fi'OACE WRIOHTPATTE,.SON AlA fi'ORCE BASIE, OHIO sueJEcT: Request for UFO Information ro: Commander, Eglin Air Fo 1. Reference correspondence from unidentified flying objects. 2. These sightings, by Mr , were made from Key West, Florida, and in the direction in AFB. We vould like to know if any operations conducted from your base might have been responsible for these observations. Sincerely, T de 2 Atchs ,. ~;olonel, USAF Deputy for Technology suosystems lst Ind (PGFB) Hq APGC, Eglin AFB, Fla TO : t'I'D ( l'DEW) dtd 18 Jul 63 postnm 'KE:!<1 Research of Test Operations and Base Operations records at this Center failed to reveal any possible source of the subject UF~ sightings. 1 FOR THE COMf.ruiDER HALLACE R . SMITH l'-1aj or, USAF Asst Deputy for Foreig n Technolog y PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS v. 0 Wu .8ollo0f\ 2 Jul y 19 3 ~ey West, Florida o Preltoltly Boll" Poi Wy Boltoo" - 104o PM EST -G ..lVI .. D o UAdRdr 0 w Ahc,.olt ....,. ., NW.- ., ...... 0 Preltoltly Aircraft GMT 25/014oZ a At~VIwel a Alr-lrtere'' Re .. D PoniWy Alrcroft 0 ProltoWy Aatreno,..tcel lEt No Civilian . D Po .. IWy Astt.no-"tc.a D lftvffldeftt O.to 1M EvtfiMti..- seconds, with sraoke mins. one South Object identical to one preYioual7 obaezved to explode with peraistance of smoke remaining for several minutes. Extinguished or blew.up at same altitude. Merely extinguished and no flash noted. 1 1. COWIENfl Initial observation considered to be a meteor, hovever observations now in-. dicate rising. Direction of sigbt toward Eglin AFB. Possible munitions testing from this area. Insufficient Data for Evaluation. (Although &~single burst is See case of 18 July 1963 same witness. not the usual case) No a/c on test missioJ s Eglin. Single burst does not indicatt Naval operations or testing. Most probablt cause remains a meteor observation. S.ADD ... BmlCB SHOD K.n wur. l'l..t. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADU. WASBI!GTON.25 D.c. REF. MY LETTER OP JULY 1St1a.l16J IN TD RU'OKTilfG OP Alf OJJECT \UIC liAS SIGKTKD AlfD TDI ILKif UP OJJ TJI !IIGII'l OP JULY 24.,1!63 . 0. rD EXACT COORS. AliD Ill AI.J, RESP&C'l'S Tli SAD XI!fD OP OIJiC1' WAS SicmTKD A't APP!OI. lOa .a PM EST. 'niS OIJEC1' AI .SO TOOl A SLIGJIT TURN UPWARD ADD TUX EXfiBG'O'ISIED I.EA1'IR'G A CLOUD 01' mlD QIC ltJi34AIBEO FOR SiTDAL KINU'l'U. JOTJI TlltSX OJJiCTS CAME FROK i'D NORTI Ill STRAIGliT COURSli: Dtm SOOTX OltTIL TOY :iitttiR iXTINGUISllED OR ILl.~ AND AT APPROX. ,.,...TDIIT.'I SAWi ALTITtJDK AND RAMI PLACI ON TJ&:SI l'WO DIFr"'DBlf'l' NIGKTS. IT IS HOT CLEAR WHETI$R THIS SECOND ONi ILBNOP OR MERELY EXTINGUISAiD AS NO ~ WAS NOTICiD AT Til EKD. OU NIGHTS IKTWiEH JULY 18 AND NO OISERYANCi WAS MA.Di SO CANH! SAY W!KtiL1l TnU WEaK AUT ON T:uos& NIGHta. TillS WAS SIGHTJW FROM A POSITIOlf 1'i1l lliLb!S NORTI OP BY' W'm ON SADDL& JUBC:I S20RiS,.IO'l'll TIM'S. MEMO ROUTING SLIP NEVBR USB POR APPROVALS DISAPPRDVALS CONCURBBNC&S, OR StJI1t.AR. ACTIONS ' CIIICULATI FORM 95 ~ DD Form 94, 1 Feb ao ADd DD Form iit 1 OCT eo 1 ieb 50 wbieb trill be and Wl&U erurt. GPO IHI : 0-5H1SJ MARINE ELECTRONICS CO. SADDLE BUNCH KEY WEST. :.:FLA. HATIONAL AiRORAUTICS & SPACE AGENOY WASIIHGTO. a&. D.O S.\DDI.~ Bcxca Snom~s 1\E'L WEST. FL.~ \'JtiAT I AM. ~PO..~TING !!.:'.':t OFFICE. T~m~SS I AU MAKING OF I!JTEREST TO YO\Ja T:! IS REPC.:tT. OM NIGHT OF 18 JULY l~SS :!"?.01! !fl :!C~G 0~1 S:J)DI -'Ii! ~tmC!! n;y, EA.."t KEY W'St I OllS vr:D T::!.AT OP::1J.Hl.:D TO ~:J .~ Fr..::ll:l r~P?;tO.:~.Cl!I!-!G .t''.RO::! AI.MOST DUE tiOR'P!T DIRECTI01:-i, t'Po;r CLOSE:t :cY . AUHT.-' .. TIO~I ~ NCrric:m Y.r:?R:\ i':.u..8 UO 13LI14Kn 1G LIG!ITS OR RUNNIUG LI<PJTS ALE!OUG:Z ?.:!IS o:J..:2CT i7;~ 11:::2 ;;;I O~Lo:::G O:JJECT LOOKING LIKE: IT WAS ruiTS I!OT /~:D A FZ// .s::cmJDS L.\?E..R I'l: C0~2T:D llli'PJO::D AliD TUR1'i"~D TO A 14iiTIS!! CLOu"D OF s:.:o:G , ?'3~0:::.).31Y Dt?-TO ..A.LTI?u:>.: luiD Til~ StnlS R.A..YS tEING OU T11:; cr~;UD., T.liS TI:.S .~.T D.~O F.! :::s~ 02'! JULY ! 8 P 1963 ntiS CLOUD RZZ.!AIN~D \"'ISI!JT8 FOR S~VJI.lAL u~HIUT:S .:\FTE...~ T'-TB !lUP.l;ItiG .1.1lD JJ.L LIGliTS <1.~ FIRE .!U.D DISJ.PPEPJU::Do . TilE SPE:SD 0"!' T.iliS O~ECT s:~.::::D TO :J: ;.::;oUT LI-:!J! 1'2l';:T WAS VISA:t~ TITO OR T.u.H13 YE.tJ:S J._GO lCi'D LC0!3D -lE:.1Y !.me;; AS ! T DID V.i!IE!~ TIIE SWS RAYS 'WAS m-r IT AT ;~IG: OH I'i'S r;_'\Y ACROSS 'l'~i!:! COUNTRY~ ! HAVE NO ID;:;A OP APPROX. DISTANC~ Io'RO:.r !.r:; OF 'l'.:liS ODJE:CT REPOR'i'~D 3\J'l.' A!l QUITE SUP.E IT WAS AT A GREAT DISTP~ICE FRO).! LrY LOCJ.TIO:J HE.~ 10 lliL:S !I.E. OF KEY fJZST AlTOTE BR TZ!IllG I NOTICED _UST..!OUG!: IT H.~.Y NOT E:S 0? llfPORT.ANCE W:!SN IT BURNED JUID TCP..NED ~':!IT~ S~.S:~ , A S:lC:S CURL 'rRAVELED :CZYOUD A.'tiD Oh?A..iD FROM TMS: HAI!I CLOUD AS IF '.:.'" ' o:vS:J7 F.;.D :J~N TRAVELDiG AT l!Imt. -IT WAS DARl!NESS ITR~ AT T""..ii: TES -W~ I F:3~ fl~T SUNS P...~YS l1AS O!I TilE CLOUD OR otaER'ff.!SB-I TIOUT..J) ~1Z ~:SE~r .~!J!:-r.J TO SSE IT FOR SEVillUL un;UTES AFTER Til II; :SURNI!~G. TI!IS y;oui.D DffiiCAT:C TF...:'\.'1' IT Vl..~S SOlE'l':IING NOT TOO FAR FRW TttE liART1! ID1TS.11!HG T~ .ATI.~OSP"r.EH.E, IF TIIIS U.OS AS INDICATED A SA'l'TL!T!! OR SO~ OT!IBR I!APPEUED OV'"'AR AI.AI:.tU.r}. OR Z.:.1:SSISSIP?I I DO NOT DEL!Er~ ~aiS TO n~ .A FALLTilG STAR 0.';{ P.liYTl:!I!-IG LIKE: TIIAT. IT APPE.~UD TO :~ fiE !URTII \*11 SH IT Dti'rl!SD