USAF record 28968711 (1958)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 26 December 1958

2. LOCATION DeFunak Springs, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 26/2320Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE Civilian & Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION fifteen to twenty five mins one

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE SW to W

10. BEST IDENTIFY OF SIGHTING One white egg-shaped object w/a red tinge around the edges. Obj was the size of small grapefruit. Very red flashes, fm 1/10 to 1/20 the size of the object kept flashing and/or firing until the object went out of sight. Object was first seen at 30 dgr elevation, 135 dgr azimuth and disappeared at 45 dgr elevation traveling west. Object was seen visually, duration to 25 minutes. NO REPORT IN FILE.

11. COMMENTS Concur with reporting officer that sighting caused by a/c. Although there was a helicopter in the area & the details of this was cause, the helicopter landed ten minutes before the obj disappeared. However, time in sight may have been incorrectly estimated. Therefore, prob air-craft is evaluation of this sign.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)