Miami Beach, FloridaJune 1949

Unidentified

Summary

On June 14, 1949, around 2015 (8:15 p.m.), a man, his wife, and his children saw two objects in the sky while lying on the beach at Miami Beach, Florida. The night was clear with stars and small scattered clouds, still and quiet.

The man said he first saw what looked like a falling star almost directly overhead. It had a trail and fell to the west southwest. His daughter then saw a second one behind and to the left of the first. The two objects moved together and apart several times, almost touching four times. They lost their trails as they neared each other and were as bright as a medium star. They were in sight about seven or eight seconds.

The man, a former Marine, said they were not planes, birds, or ground lights. The Air Force record card lists the conclusion as astronomical (meteor). A letter back to the writer said the object appeared to be of natural celestial origin. The file also includes a separate La Jolla, California, sighting from June 17, 1949, of a round chromium colored object.

Reported location

Miami Beach, Florida

Date of incident

June 1949

State / country

FL / US

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 5

Original case file scans

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1 ~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD
~ 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. ATION
© | 14 June 1949 15/01152 Miami Beach, Florida Se
© 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
| Civilian Astro (METEOR)
© |4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
4 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
4 7 - 8 Seconds Observer stated object appeared just as a falling star would
3 including the trail behind. Object was the size of a star,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28935464