Miami, FloridaJanuary 1956

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Summary

On January 9, 1956, a witness saw a glowing object over Miami, Florida. The local time was about 1849 (6:49 p.m.). The Greenwich time was 2340Z. The observer was a civilian. The weather was clear with unlimited visibility.

The object was small, round, and white. It looked about the size of a dime held at arm's length. It had a tail five or six times longer than the object itself. It made no sound and was described as moving slower than a meteor. It traveled from northeast to southwest on a straight course at constant speed. The sighting lasted about three seconds.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was that the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Miami, Florida

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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Y PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
9 January 1956 Miami, Florida = Biokasty Bojicen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION y
Local SABA0LKST XGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 Probably Aircraft
GMT 09/2340Z (N O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes XX Probably Astronomical
XX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Ohare Ue
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
| ; 0 Unknown
3 seconds one | NE/SW straight constant speed,
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Small round white glowing object as Meteor sighting.
compared to dime at arms length. |
Tail 5 or 6 times longer than object,
No sound and described as slower than } |
a meteor, !
=
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
A L

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964552