Project 10073 Record Card — Miami, Florida, 9 January 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported on January 9, 1957, in Miami, Florida. The witness, identified as a civilian electrical engineer, reported observing a single object for approximately 30 minutes at an elevation of 20 degrees. The witness described the object as appearing to be three times the size of a star, displaying red and green colors, and remaining in an orbiting position in the same spot until it eventually disappeared. The report notes that there was no sound associated with the object and no radar contact was made. The official conclusion provided by the operations officer of the submitting unit, the 66th ACWRON at MacDill Air Force Base, is that the object was an evening star. The perceived movement, color, and size were attributed to the effects of observing the star through evening haze. The documentation includes the original record card, a teletype transmission from the 66th ACWRON to various Air Force commands including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and a detailed breakdown of the sighting characteristics.