from Miami Daily News, July 30th, 1952.
secondary source CENAP-REPORT Nr.103
Marine Here Snaps 'Disc'
By LARRY BIRGER, Miami Daily News Staff Writer
A
strange "orange, yellowish object traveling at more than 2,000 m.p.h."
was photographed
last night by a Marine cameraman watching from a Miami Beach home.
Forty feet of film were taken of the object as it flashed across the sky,
the Marine reported.
Only eight frames of the film, however, showed any image.
The "object," which observers said they saw for about three minutes
and 30 seconds, was photographed around 9:35 p.m. by Pfc. Ralph C. Mayher,
22, of 60 NE 38th St., and Cleveland, O.
Officials at the Marine Corps Air Station in Opa-locks released the pictures
and information at 2 p.m. today without comment.
Shot From Patio
The films were shot from the patio of the home of Herman Stern, 8200 Byron
Ave. Stern and his wife two days ago reported spotting "flying saucers"
in the sky above their residence.
The film showed a bowl-shaped image with a projection on top.
The object looked like a ball of fire. It was not clear enough, however, to
be diagnosed as a flying saucer or meteor.
Mayher said what he saw in the sky was "crystal clear" and that
as fast as it was traveling, he noted detail in the object or phenomenon.
The Leatherneck said he went to the home of the Sterns on a hunch. he was
not acting officially for the Marines but on his own initiative. He checked
out the 16-millimeter camera from the MCAS yesterday afternoon.
He had requested permission of the Sterns to watch the sky from their home.
Along were his wife, Eleanor, and a friend. They arrived at the Stern home
about 9:05 p.m.
Neighbours Shouted
About 9:30 p.m. they heard neighbours shout, "Look there, in the sky!"
For several seconds, Mayher recalled, "We saw nothing. Then an orange,
yellowish-shaped object appeared. I pulled out my camera and shot about 40
feet of film."
After more than three minutes, the object disappeared. Mayher said his wife
and the friend saw the object, along with other residents in the area.
The Marine then called the officer-of-the-day at opa-locks, and he and a Public
Information Office sergeant went to the Stern house and obtained the film.
Marine officials at the Air Station had no comment to make on the photos.
They stressed the fact that Mayher was acting in a non-official capacity.
"All we did was process the film,"one officer commented.
Blown up to 10 times in size from the 16-millimeter film negative, the orange-yellowish object appears 'bowl-shaped,' with a 'protruberance' on the top.
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