Project 10073 Record Card — Miami, Florida, 25 December 1952

This document details a UFO sighting report from 25 December 1952 in Miami, Florida. A civilian couple, the husband being an ex-Marine and journalism student, observed a bright, pinpoint-shaped light in the western sky at approximately 2005 hours. The light, described as bluish-white with an amber tint and three times the size of Venus, moved from the northwest quadrant to the southwest over a period of 30 minutes before disappearing below the horizon. The observers, who were initially excited, took two photographs of the object using an Argus C-3 camera. The 456th Troop Carrier Wing (M) intelligence officer, 1st Lt. Donald J. Twombly, investigated the incident, securing the negatives and prints for evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The investigation included a review of weather conditions, which were reported as CAVU (Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited), and a check for other aerial activity, which yielded negative results. The observers later amended their statements, noting that the photographs were significantly overdeveloped. The official ATIC assessment concluded that the sighting was likely an observation of the planet Venus by inexperienced observers. The file includes correspondence between the 456th Troop Carrier Wing and ATIC, the original Project 10073 record card, and copies of the photographs taken by the witness.