5 Of Miami In Biscayne Bay, Fla., October 1959October 1959

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Summary

On the night of October 9, 1959, an object was reported from the yacht Intermezzo south of Miami in Biscayne Bay, Florida. The sighting lasted about 20 to 30 seconds.

The object was believed to be at 40,000 to 50,000 feet and had a white aura. It was heading southeast, about 158 degrees, and disappeared into a cloud bank. Its speed was estimated at around 1,000 miles per hour.

The Air Force noted the report had the characteristics of a missile sighting and that the location, direction, and speed tended to support that. No data was available to confirm it. The card lists the case as a missile sighting. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

5 Of Miami In Biscayne Bay, Fla., October 1959

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
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1. DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| O Was Belloon
9 Oct 59 S of Miami in Biscayne Bay, Fla. |O Probably Balloon |
4 3. DATE-TIME GRCUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION : Fase tyy. Belloon
1 1X0 ea) ibn idee a salons lil Sl LY ¥XGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador be Probably Alceratt
J GMT 10/03182 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical. ih
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: i Merint Rpt O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE AX Other Missile | |
: 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluotion| |
“ 0 Urknown
| : 20 sacs one SE |
110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Obj believed to be at 40-50,000 £t w/ Characteristics of missile sighting| |
. | waite aura heading Se & disappearing into | present. No data svaidable for confir- |
id 2 cloud bank observed fm the yacht "Inter- | mation,however the location, direction, | |
4 mezzo". Speed estimated at 1,000 mph. of flight & speed of the obj tend to su
. stantiate this conclusion. Case carried| |
1 as a missile sighting.
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E ATIC ORM 329 (REY 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984942