Project 10073 Record — Miami, Florida, 10 September 1968

This document details a UFO sighting report from 10 September 1968 in Miami, Florida, processed under Project 10073. A staff photographer for the Miami News was capturing time exposures of a thunderstorm at approximately 12553 SW 27th St. when an unidentified object appeared on two of his photographs. The photographer, who had 15 years of professional experience, did not witness the object at the time of the exposure. The camera used was a Nikon F with a 50mm lens, using Kodak Tri-X film, with the shutter left open for one to two minutes at an f-stop of 5.6. The camera was mounted on a tripod and pointed south at an angle of approximately 40 degrees from the horizon. The Air Force, specifically the 4531st Tactical Fighter Wing, forwarded the photograph to the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) for urgent analysis due to high news interest and the likelihood of the image being published in the Miami News. However, the FTD returned the report without analysis, stating that a complete evaluation was impossible without the original negatives. Despite follow-up communications between the 4531st Tactical Fighter Wing and the FTD, the original negatives were never received. The final conclusion recorded by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data for evaluation.