Miami: DC-6A Takes Violent Evasive Action; Seven Other Pilots Confirm Unknown
On March 9, 1957, at Miami International Airport, a DC-6A pilot took violent evasive action at 3:30 a.m. to avoid a brilliant greenish-white object. Seven other pilots offered similar descriptions; no missile or jet activity accounted for it.
Background
At Wilcox Field (later Miami International Airport), air traffic controllers sent a flash message to the Civil Aeronautics Board concerning an incident at 3:30 a.m. on March 9, 1957. To avoid an oncoming unknown, the pilot of a Douglas DC-6A four-engine prop aircraft took violent evasive action. The intruder was described as having a brilliant greenish-white center with an outer ring reflecting the glow from the center. Seven other pilots in the vicinity offered similar descriptions. No missile flight or jet aircraft activity accounted for the incident.