DeFuniak Springs, FloridaDecember 1956

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Summary

On December 26, 1956, both civilian and military witnesses near DeFuniak Springs, Florida, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was white and egg shaped with a red tinge around the edges and looked about the size of a small grapefruit.

The object gave off very red flashes, from one tenth to one twentieth its size, and kept flashing until it went out of sight. It was first seen at 30 degrees elevation and disappeared at 45 degrees elevation while traveling west. It was watched for about 15 to 25 minutes. The course ran from southwest to west.

The report tied the sighting to a helicopter in the area, noting the timing matched a helicopter that disappeared about ten minutes before the object. The card noted the duration may have been overestimated. The evaluation given was probably aircraft.

Reported location

DeFuniak Springs, Florida

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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| DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i Eessitly balloon
| Loggins iyi lin diopied cae 73) XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar EXP babys iveraft
| GMT 26/23202 D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircroft
| 5. PHOTOS « SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| 0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomico
X® No | Civilian & Military O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o Frlo} || | AFAR, | AT
| a inaulii clans Data for Evaluation
fifteen to twenty five mins one SW to W
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

One white egg-shaped object w/a Concur wi

red tinge around the edges. Obj that Sh aa ot ane

was the size of small grapefruit, Although there was a he Lm

Very red flashes, fm 1/10 to 1/20 in the area & the debalis of 5

the size of the object kept flashin the sighting indicate that thi

and/or firing until the object went | y,335 cause, the helicopter 1 ie

out of sight. Object was first seen | ton minutes before the hi or

at 30 dgr elevation, 135 dgr azimuth, gjsappeared. However. ti ; i

and disappeared at 45 dgr elevation sight may ava been Lead i

traveling west. Object was seen estimated. Therefore, prob Hid

visually aap. Lo to 25 minutes. craft is evaluation of this sigt.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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