Miami, FloridaJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On July 23, 1954, a civilian in Miami, Florida reported observing a circular object with a flat bottom. The object was initially red with yellowish edges. It made a sound and moved slowly for the first 23 minutes of the sighting. The object then changed color to dark gray and light gray. It appeared elongated as it climbed, then assumed a round shape. The object moved from ground level to about 200 feet altitude while hovering. It traveled north, then south, then north again. The object then climbed toward the northeast and eventually resumed a round shape with scalloped edges, changing slowly to dark gray and then to light gray before fading. The sighting lasted 23 minutes total. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Miami, Florida

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

FL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
23 July 1954

2. LOCATION
Miami, Florida

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 29/0001Z (N)

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
23 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Circular with flat bottom. Red with yellow edges, sound before and during 1st minutes of sighting. Elongated as it climbed. Changed color to greyish. Occasional scalloped edges. Slow random motion. Observed through window.

11. COMMENTS
Time and lighting condition indicate sun dog.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959121