Air Intelligence Information Report — Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft, Miami, Florida

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a sighting of unconventional aircraft in Miami, Florida, on the night of April 5, 1952. The primary witness, Mr. Van Dorear, was lying in his yard with his nine-year-old son when he observed four dark, circular objects passing across the face of the moon. The witness, described as a competent artist accustomed to observing shapes, noted that the objects were opaque and invisible except when silhouetted against the moon. One object was particularly well-defined, with a diameter estimated at half the moon's span. The objects moved from west to east, and the witness noted a fuzzy corona surrounding approximately 300 degrees of the outline of the objects. The observation lasted approximately one second. The report includes a hand-drawn sketch by the witness illustrating the object's appearance against the moon. The 435th Wing Intelligence Officer interviewed the witness and concluded that there was no reason to doubt the accuracy of the report, noting that the witness appeared level-headed and better qualified than the average observer. Despite the witness's interest in astronomy and his possession of a telescope, he was not using it at the time of the sighting. The report also references other intelligence debriefings, including reports of unidentified flying objects at Naha AFB and Kadena AFB in Okinawa, which involved sightings of objects with different characteristics, such as white lights and high-speed maneuvers. The Miami incident was ultimately categorized as having insufficient data for evaluation.