Miami, FloridaMarch 1956

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Summary

On March 10, 1956, at 10:09 a.m., a 14-year-old civilian student in Miami, Florida, reported seeing one round, small object. The object appeared as a small glow, white in color, about the size of a ping pong ball held at arm's length. It moved straight north for twenty seconds before disappearing by fading. The object did not appear on radar. The reporting officer and the investigating Air Force officer both concluded the sighting was in all probability generated by a meteor.

Reported location

Miami, Florida

Date of incident

March 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
10 March 1956

2. LOCATION
Miami, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 10/0900Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes / [X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian (student, 14 years)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
twenty seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
straight N

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round small object, appearing as a small glow, white in color. The object was the size of a ping pong ball held at arms length. The object disappeared by fading. The object did not appear on radar.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with the opinion of the reporting officer that this sighting was in all probability generated by a meteor.

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

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