Crestview, FloridaMarch 1963

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Summary

On March 17, 1963, an Air Force airman over Crestview, Florida, reported two grey, wing shaped objects in the night sky. They were seen at about 50 degrees above the horizon and looked similar to a normal two aircraft formation. They had no trail, tail, or exhaust, and made no sound. The sighting lasted about 2 to 3 seconds.

The objects flew in a straight course from east to west with no maneuvers, then blended into the darkness of the sky. They appeared lighter in color than the dark background and were similar in shape to an F-102, though not necessarily in size. The witness was rated as a reliable source. The night was clear with stars visible.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, noted the very short duration. It concluded two birds at low altitude could cross about 100 feet in 2 to 3 seconds, near the limit of visibility for dark objects, and evaluated the case as a possible sighting of two birds.

Reported location

Crestview, Florida

Date of incident

March 1963

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
E I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 : : O Was Balloon |
17 March 1963 Crestview, Florida O Probably Balloon |
EE _— 2 == I Possibly Bolloon |
4 32. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
LL Locals ar : XXGround- Visual O Ground-Rador 8 Baal Avis |
E out 18/01452Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador [0 Possibly Aircraht |
4 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
i O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
i No Militar i O Possibly Astronomical
H 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RXOther Birds
= O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
4 4 O Unknown
Ls ae ye oc ewe fT 0
- 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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fe ninco Shade: wing shaped w/size Extremely short duration. Dark
. Sd Bie eng observed in night and two grey objects flew
| voy ight from East to West by. Two birds at 35' altitude
a i piven, Ungects at s0dgr would travel about 100' ip
; elevation. Similar to normal a/c 2-3 seconds, which is probably
1 formation. Appeared to be grey in the limit of visibility for
X tnat they were lighter in color than dark obi S Fa tary y :
3 Sh arx objects this size, Possible
3 normal dark sky background. Similar sighting of two birds
- in shape to F-102 but not necessaril ; 5
3 s1ze, Blended into darkness of sky.
Total duration 2-3 seconds,
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