PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340563

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONMiami Florida

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
20 February 1956 Miami, Florida Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 20/1950Z AirVisual Air-Intercapt Radar XPossibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
xNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
seconds north to sou Unknown
thirty one
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One wingless object, Similar to a In this case the fact that there
in color and shining, was no radar contact is not sig-
appeared be very high. The object nificant. The radar e reporting
was seen through binoculars and the sighting is located approxi- the sightin ated approxi-
disappeared disapneared by fading over the hori- mately 2 mately 25 0 miles f rom the area the area
zon. of the sighting an logical
that ino rada contact.
This sighting ibly gener
ated by a the
Miami International Airport.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB 15 36'56
ZWL RJESKB
DE RJESKB 2D V 4£4
P 211240Z
FM COMDR 66OTH ACWRON MACDILL AFB FLA 44X2
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO Cn
ZWL/COMDR 35TH ADIV /D/ DOBBINS AFB GA
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INT CNTR WPAFB 3 OHIO (
RJEPHQ/DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASHDC RJEPHQ/DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASHDC
INFO RJEPNE INFO RJEPNI EADF S EADF AFB NY AFB NY
BT
/U N C L A S S I F I E D/OPS O86 UFOB PD /EADF ATTN CIC/
1 LONG GAITED SILILAR TO BLIMP 1. LONG GA LAR
A. WINGLESS
B. SIMILAR TO SHAPE AND SIZE BLIMP
C. SILVER
D. ONE /1/
E. NONE
F. NONE
G. NONE L
H. NO
I. NONE
2. NORTHEAST

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A.S SHINING
B. VERY HIGH
C. VERY HIGH
D. STRAIGHT COURSE
E. FADE INTO HORIZON
F. THIRTY /30/ SECONDS
3. A. GROUND VISUAL
B BINOCULARS
C. NONE
4.1 1950Z 20 FEBRUARY 1956
A. 20/1950Z
B. DAY
5. KL4352
6. ot 39 MIAMI MIAMI SALESMANAGER SMANAGER
7. WEA CLEAR
A. GOOD
UNAVAIL
C. 20000 BRKN
D. 18 MILES
E. LOW SCTD OCCASIONAL TO BROKEN CLDS BASE 2OOO FEET
F. NONE
8. NONE
NONE
10. NONE
11. OPS OFFICER CLN NO RADAR CONTACT CMA NO EXPLANATION
12. NONE
BT
21/1355Z FEB RJESKB