PROJECT 10073 RECORD 4. HU:.\BER o;: OBJECTS S. L E NGTH o-= OBSERYA TIOH 4 hour: plus 6. -o~ :Jf :;SERYATION Orl And o, Florida r.~ultiple 10 . CONCLUSION Astro( Siri.us ) -? e; time of the ::ighting ~nd at an e l e vution of Sirius Nus on an AZ of 115 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Obs~:-1~rs vmtched a brir,ht f lourescent, pulsating light in t~e southeastern part of the sky . Nove;;wnt of the obj =-\>tas not prcccptible vtithout the use of a telescope. T:'1e ::;~j ect \'IU S overhead when last vi<:n-:cd \lhich v;as about fc-.:.:-hours after the ini..tial observation. Color'3 noted \:e.:-e blue, white, and r0.d The ~..escription is cons istent "lith that of an astrono1!\ical ::,: . .::-v:>.tion . 1\pproxir.l:\tely fourh~l_):Ujr the initinl obser- :: ::.-:::1 Siritw \;oul d have been almost ov~rl:e<:'..d. Siriun ,;.:o :ising in the SE jus t prior to the initial s i.e;hting. A~TI~II:H~f bf TNl! J\t~ fORC~ H~ lS60Tt; AIL:c U.UI C.ICOUJt (JUC) iikl..>IX) J.lw ra~.cc:l.! W$.4Si!, Pl.ORI~A 32~1~ Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) F:'D (TDETR) Th~ following is submitted in accordance with AFR 80-17 a . (1) Elongated football shaped, verticl e plane (2) Volleyball (3) Blue top, '-thite, red on bottom, f lourescent, pulsating n ona only (9) Mcveoe~t not preceptible without telescope Sighted object from auto l-thile stopped at Edgewater and Noted object first to west of observer. (2) 90 t o observers left, approximately 60 elevation (3) Not o~s~rved (4) First served as fixed object. Horizontal and lateral r:~oer.:e:.: observed t":l:-cJ.gh telescope as object moved from southeast to nc-= =s~. Gilbe:-:, ~odel unknown. Telescope set up approximately 6J:' = -: i"!Orth o F S:c.~e Higln-tay 441 and west of south end of 441 overpass. (5) Visible directly overhead '-then observer e ntered home. (6) Four hours, forty-five minutes (7:15 to 11:45 EST) c . (1) Ground visual (2) Telescope, Gilbert, t oy approximately 36 inches long , lens 6 incn diameter. o quarter mile north of Ri-Mar Drive Orlando, Florj~a . kindergarte n teac light scattered c louds. (2) McCoy AFB, Florida Surface :::..!.m 80~! No: a,ai l a bl e (J) Unlimi:<-:: ~) Clea=, :0 ~iles (I) Surf ace - 6C Sta ndard Temperature Deviation j . Normal civilian aircraft, 15 flights jet and prop. Three military t raining departures, two T- 37 and one KC- 135 from McCoy AFB, HSgt Charlton K. Brm-ming, NCOJ.C General Mil.itary Training, Air Base Group, Or lando AFB, Florida. Comments attached. FOR THE COM:i'1ANDER ?ZTER D. SACCO, Ma j o r , USAF C~ief, Operations and Training CONMENTS OF INVESTIGATOR Nrs. tated she first noticed the object in the sky \vhilc automobile at the stop sign o n Matt Avenue and EdgeHater D::-ive T.Yhile she Has enroute home at appr oximat ely 1915 hours. She o e=ved the object remaining apparently stationary as she proceeded t " :-:cr home. Upon arriving horne , h e r son and h e r neighb or , Mrs . r.:; _ c. neighborhood e called to observe the o :1~; t\.;~ boys set up a "toy" t elescope in the open field adjacent to "'""'reside nce near the " Pump House". The movement of the object as obse rved by Mrs. was extretnel y s l ow, with the move - ~.ent in a north wes erly direction being barely p erceptible. The boys stated that through the telescope they could see the colo r s and eratic novement, up and down and from side to side. All of the ob~ervers sc~ted tha t object s had bee n sighted befor e but did not fee l they we r e -f;..)-::-tlmhile reporting. No one would venture a guess as to \vhat the object :r."!.ght be, but did stc.::e the y h a d heard a lot about UFO' s . Mr.,-. \-Ias r::.: home a t the time o f the intervie\7. Both Hrs . ~ and her son said h~ was a t home during the time of the sighting but was no t inte rested in inA out t o look . ~=-. was present a t the time of the intervie w ': _t !' id tha t he did :;ot: look either. 5~'!:1ArtY: I checkec -:he a rea in the vicinity of the home and c.-:>roxinately the s.::...-::e route Mr s . covered on h e r way h ome. \.: 3 i bi 1 i ty generally -::.s good with only a f e\v trees obscuring the vie>-7 ~n t:he direction the reported object was seen . I do not b e lieve the o': serve::.s a r e publ:: :::: ::.y seekers or unduly concerned with "Flying Saucers". l ~'=li e\e them t o 1;)'=' ::~ average intelligence a nd a r e convi nee d the object ;..:.!:: tbe-re. The or.:: ("pinion I might offer i s tha t the object coul d ha v e been similar t o a ~-ea:her ballon at a very high altitude drifting s l owl y