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CASE REFERENCE7340342

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONMiami Mac Dill AFB Florida

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12. CONCLUSIONS

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPEOF OBSERVATION oh eens
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O , Other
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O Unknown
unknown (quick) one SW_to NE
10.. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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with small tail like a comet,

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“2 SAUCER SIGHTED FROM AIRLINER OVER GULF OF MEXICO: On
January 22nd, “gt ehout 8-30 pem., a larce cirar-shtped obfect wes seen by the
flight engineer of a Pan American flight from Houston to Miami. The object wag
not in view long enough to be seen by the captain, who was aft at the time, or
the copilot, whe et that. moment had his head bent low, adjusting instruments.

According to the Plight. engineer, nanedaMMeeee, the object took only
about six seconds: to move’. fromthe southern horizon +o a weather front near

_ the, Aisle i > aeege Tee had = pale blue luminescence to it,and @ yel=)
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