Miami, FloridaApril 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 1, 1958, in Miami, Florida, a civilian witness reported observing two objects. The first object was described as a green flare that hovered over Miami Beach for one second. The second object was a falling star. A control tower operator at Miami Airport observed a yellow flare in the east at the time reported by the witness. The tower operator considered this to be the flare sighted by the witness in Miami. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Miami, Florida

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

FL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 Apr 58

2. LOCATION
Miami, Florida

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical [illegible]
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT      09/0215Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual          [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual            [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one second

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
in East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two rpts of obj. 1st of green flare believed to be over Miami Beach by witness in the City of Miami. No estimate of alt or duration given. 2nd of falling star.

11. COMMENTS
Control tower operator in Miami Airport observed a yellow in the East at the time rptd by the witness. This is considered to be the "flare" rptd by the witness in Miami.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977634