MIAMI, FLA, December 1953December 1953

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Summary

On December 31, 1953, at about 7 p.m. local time near Miami, Florida, a civilian pilot reported one object. The sighting was made from an aircraft in flight at about 6,500 feet, heading 270 degrees at 135 knots. The object was watched for about five minutes.

The object appeared as a white light ahead of and above the aircraft. The pilot could not make out details and seemed to be overtaking it. The object kept a constant altitude. As the aircraft drew near, the object veered right and its light went out for several seconds, then it veered left and disappeared behind the aircraft. There was no shape and no sound that could be made out.

The sky was clear with 12 miles visibility. The report was received as a routine sighting message. The Air Force record lists the conclusion as a balloon, describing a balloon with a light attached as seen from an aircraft at night.

Reported location

MIAMI, FLA, December 1953

Date of incident

December 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

\ | | 1. PATE -- TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION | U Dec 0003 ILL AM FIA 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 1 BALLOON | civilian Description of balloon with light attached as observed from +. NUMBER OF OBJECTS a/c at night. | one i | S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Obj appearing as a light, unable to see details » pilot appeared | 5 mins to be overtaking obj,maintained constant altitude and disappearpd | 5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [behind a/c. air visual 7. COURSE : stationary ; 8. PHOTOS 0 Yes @ Ne 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE O Yes . 3 0 Ne FORM lis FTD ser ¢3 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may bo used. : TIS ee