PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8852057

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONMiami Fla

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CC..
o Was Balloon
17 Jul 58 Miami, Fla. 100 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Vi sual Ground-Rodar o Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 17/0945Z AirVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE SOURCE Ox Was Astronomical 4ldebran
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
not stated one stationary
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Stationary obj rptd only as a bright Star Aldebran is due Eastof Miami
light 20 times as bright as a star at the time of sightng. It was at
motionless due East 6f Miami. Very an elev of 32dgr. The Pleiadies
brilliant. Case has very
meager info the duration of the
sighting missing. however the
characteristics of an astro body
distorted due to atmos conditions
are present & the star Aldebran is
at exact azimuth & slightly lower
than the estimated alt. Case con-
sidered to be sighting of axtro-bc
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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DEPART.MEN T OF THE A: FORCE
HQB072CZCJTD260ZCBJA137 STA F ESSAC DIV ION INC ASS FIED MESSAC
00 RJEPHQ INCOMIIG
DE RBEMO 11 ttic
0 170953Z
FM CCGD SEVEN JACKSONVILLE FLA
TO RJEDDN/COMAIRDEFCOMD.
ZEN/COMEAST SEAFRON
RJEPHQ/HQ USAF U1. 29 1e
INFO ZEN/COMDT COGARD
ZEN/COMEASTAREA COGARD
USCG GRNC
BT
MIAMI POLICE SGT REGAN AT 0945Z REPORTED BRIGHT LIGHT IN SKY MIAMI POLICE SGT REGAN AT 0945Z REPORTED BRIGHT LIGHT IN SKY
APRX 20 TIMES SIZE OF STAR X APRX 20 TIMES SIZE OF STAR X DUE EAST OF MIAMI ELEVATION X ELEVATION X
APPEARS MOTIONLESS APPEARS MOTIONLESS X VERY BRILLIANT BRILLIANT
BT ALDEBRAN 3 ELEV ALDEBRAN 3 ELEV
CFN 0945Z 20 45
17709532 JUL RBEMO A770953Z JUL RBEMO PLETADIES AT 450
NOTE E : Advance copy delivered to CIN.
ACTION: CIN
INFO : OOP
AF IN : 21486 (17 Jul 58) T/J
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