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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 18 Sep 60 | 2. LOCATION | Tyndal AFB, Florida  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 19/0145Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 10-12 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | SW-NE | 10. OTHER | Echo I ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Elliptical shaped object, size of grapefruit, color similar to a star but brighter. Object was travel…

HEADQUARTERS
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE
and
4756th AIR BASE GROUP (ADC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA

REPLY TO AEDO
ATTN OF: 23 SEP 1960
SUBJECT: Report on Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

TO: Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center
Attn: AFCIN 4E2X
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

1. In accordance with AFR 200-2, par 15 dated 14 September 1959 the following Flying Object Report is submitted:

a. Description of the Object:

(1) Shape - Elliptical

(2) Size - Grapefruit (Larger than the evening star).

(3) Color - Similar to star, but brighter.

(4) Number - 1

(5) Formation …

(2) Angle or elevation and azimuth of object: I first noticed the
object coming on an azimuth of 240°.

(3) Angle and azimuth of object: The object seemed to disappear
on an approximate heading of 260°.

(4) Description of flight path and maneuvers of object: The
object traveled it seemed from Southwest toward Northeast. It was
steady and it traveled on a straight course; as it guided.

(5) Manner in which object disappeared: The object disappeared
instantly.

(6) Length of time object was visible: The object was visible
about ten or twelve minutes.

c. Manner of Observation:

(1) Method used …

(3) Ceiling: N/A
(4) Visibility: Ten miles.
(5) Amount of cloud cover: Less than .3
(6) Thunderstorms in area and quadrant in which located: None
(7) Temperature gradient: 83.

ALAN E. ANDERSON
Captain, USAF
Asst Director of Operations

STATEMENT

On or about 1945 OCT, 18 September 1960 I happened to look up at the sky and spotted a bright object. When I first noticed the object it appeared to be coming from the Southwest and traveling on a fixed course toward a northeast direction. I called my family to see it. In the mean time I went over to a friend of ours (Captain ) to have him look at it.

After watching the object for ten minutes I called our Base Weather station to check it out. When I returned to further observe the object it had disappeared leaving no trace. For years I have been interested in UFO. I have seen many …