USAF record 302580053 (1968)
302580053
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE & TIME GROUP 15 September 1968 9:30 - 10:5 PM, EDT
2. LOCATION Near Ocala, Florida
3. SOURCE Civilian Pilots
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Two (2)
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 minutes
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Visual, possibly radar
7. COURSE Acrobatics and collision
8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☒ No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ☐ Yes ☒ No
FORM FTD SEP #2 D-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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[HW:] A light doing acrobatics near Ocala observed for 15 minutes but did not gain on it. [HW:] Light rose and quickly disappeared among stars. [HW:] Almost immediately a second but white light was seen under the haze above Ocala. [HW:] This rapidly came toward them on collision course and pilots thought it was a sidewinder. [HW:] Light made a sharp "90°" turn and then disappeared. [HW:] Third part of observation came when they approached Miami / Palm Beach Channel at approximately "4:30 PM". [HW:] They were asked to make a "360°" turn. [HW:] Pilot thought he identified light but was not certain. [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE most significant part of observation was the "sidewinder collision" part. Pilots would probably not have reported total incident had it not been for the seeming near collision with light.
10. CONCLUSION Unidentified
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE & TIME GROUP 15 September 1968 9:30 - 10:5 PM, EDT 2. LOCATION Near Ocala, Florida 3. SOURCE Civilian Pilots 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Two (2) 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15…
- Page 2 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY LINDHEIMER ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH CENTER 19 December 1968 FTD (TDETR) Research and Aerial Phenomena Division Wright-Patterson…
- Page 3 Transcript for UFO sighting: telephone conversation between Hynek and Capt. Heimbach H This is Allen Hynek at Northwestern University and I'm also, have been for a number of years, the consultant to…
- Page 4 and they seemed very sincere and a little bit shook up about the incident. They had it under observation for quite a long time and at one time they had two under observation; one went straight up and…
- Page 5 3 them. We didn't have any idea of what this could be so we tried to get them through Center and they had already transferred over to the approach frequency, so we got ahold of approach control at…
- Page 6 H As I gather, the only thing he saw was a light, not an object. ** Right, he saw the light. H I've forgotten now what color he described that. Did he describe color or changes of color, do you…
- Page 7 5 H Yes, because this report says Jacksonville Center, supervisor, Mr. [REDACTED] telephoned Senior Director (that was you)... ** OK. Now the pilot had called Mr. [REDACTED] and reported seeing the…
- Page 8 H On their approach to Palm Beach they were heading essentially south, down the peninsula--southeast--and they were still seeing something in front of them apparently. ** On their approach to Palm…
- Page 9 7 mile from the aircraft--and Miami Center requested them to visually look in the area where the aircraft was to see if they could see any lights or any UFO or anything possible in altitudes of…
- Page 10 ** Let's see. They left area 470 and--it would have been at least that long. H Oh yes. Here is says,"Jacksonville Center couldn't pick it up on radar. We followed him until we were almost to Ocala,…