PROJECT 10073 RECORD 3. ~tl1URCE .C. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION De 1L11d, ll.orida (1 \'litness) 10. CONCLUSION Possible (Ainca, "*'"~) (JAH) 5. LENGTH OF OaSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 15 -30 Seconds 6. TYPE; OF OBSERVATION e. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Obser-ver noted silver or ,~r<.y colored object that was sighted our, of wlndow of autOinobilc. The object mde a straight and level flir,ht fro .. l the north to the oouth ani finally faded out, of sight. Ce>a-n.'ip.lion did not see object. Several military bases are locatod in the general area and it appears her general descripLion of the object was sn aircraft. ,.l:lltLY TO IDJT/Maj Sacco DEPARTMEN-r Of THE AtR ~ORCE ORLANnO AIR fORCF. B-\S:;, ~LCJ:ID.~ 3:2~ll Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) F:2D ( TDEW/UFO) The following is sul::mitted in accordance l-rith paragr aph 14, AFR 200-2. V" like a B:>omerang. (3) Silve r or Gray (5) N/A (one only) (1) Sighted o'!):ect out l>ri ndo\.f of automobile . (3) 450 to the South (4) Straight and l eve l flight from North to South Faded out of sight to the South. 15 to 30 s~co~ds. {.~) Gr ound-Visual E. (1 ) 29.02N; 81.18W; North of Deland, Fla. F . (1) Miss Stetson University, Deland, Fl~. G. (1) Clear, few clouds, Temp High 70s; Lol-r 80s. W/D 210 True, 7 Kts. 47Kts; 30K=240 @ 56 Kts; 50K not available; 80K not available. ( 3 ) Unlimited ( - ) Not availabl e :'-:r this area. K. E5.jor Peter D. Sacco, USAF, Chief Operations and Training Division., 1~50th ABGp, Orland~ AFB Fla. PE' Ert -;;-. =~vvO, Major, USAF Chief, Cperations and Training Division 1. Supplemental Information 2 . Drawing Cy to: SAF(SAFDI) Hq USAF (AFNIN) Supplemental Info1mation The young lady appeared very sincere when nhe was questioned about her sighti~g. She did indicate that she was very poor in estimating heights and distances and was very hesitant to provi1e ~:us information. I had to encourage her several times to make a:1 estimate. course or ident:tty cannot be ascertained at this time . The l ocal police station did not receive any reports of a UFO. Cape r:e~rmcdy did not lau ... l1ch any missiles during that time of evening. _li though Sanford Na\ral Air Station had aircraft flying that night, e operations Office r doubted if inbound or landing traffic would h~va any of their aircraft over the vicinity of Deland. The local s.i:-port shutdown operations after 1600 hours daily. Ne,., Smyrna Beach C0c.st Guard confirm~.: a clear night and light vJinds and no reports of Summary: A clear night and no obstructions to visibility could rile out a weather p~enomena, but it docs not completely rule out low f2.~ring S\:eptwing a.:..r~raft proceeding to Sanford Naval Station, McCoy ~3~, Orlando, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla Naval Air Station, or commercial airport. Miss ghted the UFO approximately 2200 hours, 21 Sep 66, t:.1:. \vas not repo until 0930 hours 26 Sep 66. She was hesitant about r-=;:>rting any soo~e:-: o r fear of fellow students thinking her "nutty". e time of the 2~6hting, she was sitting in a vehicle with a male c panion (studen~) smoking a cigarette. When she saw the object, she a:it from the car d told her companion to look, but he did not see it. ~= said he had l ouk3d much hjgher in the sky than she was pointing. PEl D. uACCO, Na~c:-, USAF c:1j_-=.:, Operations er_d Training Division f!rC .. -rf