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Miami, Florida, January 1956

Date of account
1956-01
Location
Miami, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 9January 1956 Miami, Florida 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1840 EST Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 09/2340Z (N) AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor 口 口Yes Probably Astronomicai XKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3 seconds one NE/Sw straight constant speed 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Small round white glowing object as Meteor sighting. compared to dime at arms length. Tail 5 or 6 times longer than object No sound and described as slower than a meteor. ATICFORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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