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CASE REFERENCE8644319

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONMiami Florida

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. CATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: . Q Was Balloon
> Mar o2 Miami, Florida Probably Balloon
RN AT EN ART AES OER — : ~~ ar = Q Possidly Balloon
3. DATE-Tiwe GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
2-25 DM EST & . O Was Aircraft
teceic tv) ES t CI Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rade O Probebly Aircraft
GMT 07/00352 OC Aie Vi sweol 0 Air-Intercept Rador Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE OC Wes Astronomico!
oves 0 Probably Astronomical
0 Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other a |
© Insufticient Dota for Evaluation
. ; 0 Unknown
17 secs five (one) West I
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 11, COMMENTS —
Amature astronomers photographing = el Analysis indicates that lichts
observed lights. Color of lights oranue. fm a/e is the most probably
initial observation in NE, Observation cause of the sighting. Speed
for 17 secs at which time obj disappealred/& description of the objs
in NW, Alt was estimated at 15,000 to conform w/this conclusion,

30,000 ft, Haze in Southern section |
of sky. Disc visible with BX & objs
were diffused star-like nucleus, Photos

m developed & forwarded w/letter,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 57)

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DEARBORN OBSERVATORY

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

Colonel Robert J. Friend

APIC P. OW Box 9252
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Bob:

You remember the Florida case of Jamary 25, 1962
and the fact that I called one of the amateur astrono-
mers down there who had made the sighting. He promised
to send me the data and he finally now has gotten around
to it. I enclose his letter which I think should be
filed with the other data in the case, You will note
that he sends a photograph which looks for all the world
to me like lights of a plane. However, the plane would
have to be quite low dowm and there didn’t seen to be
any plane arcund at the time or any noise, Further, it
covered most of che sky in 15 to 20 seconds. The photo-
graph, inciiemcally, is of the second observation on
March 6, 1962.

In view of the reliability of the observers and the
photographic evidence and the excellent reporting, I
think we should iook at this case quite seriously. Let's
put this on the agenda for a joint discussion at cur next
meeting. Let me lmow when you plan to be here.

J, Allen Ilynek
Director

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