07.34S 153.39W (Pacific), August 1962August 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 07.34S 153.39W (Pacific), August 1962 in August 1962. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 46.

Reported location

07.34S 153.39W (Pacific), August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

, ; PROJECT 10073 RECGRD CARD : i
TT eT Em m— 4
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
0 Was Balloon a
S Alioiat TORY (V7 ya 1582 20W (Pacifico) O Probably Baelloon i
od h | 5. WO ) LR RT WY] Be SW bs Avs ad iF | SUR "FARA oa] :
3, DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon | i
: & i 3 Was Aircraft .
Local CRE a ax nigh alin 0 Ground-Radar 1 Probably Aircraft 3
GMT eo DLL a O AirVisual’ Q Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft :
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
SO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
: 8 No Po Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BX Other Sotelliice
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown 3
SEORRBE © BR ale one Southerly ha RL |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Obj appearing like 2nd mag star obsvd
| Tat 220der azimuth 20dgr alt moving to
165der azimuth S56dgr elev in 6 mins,
Cbsvation w/BX. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
- RRR Ras it iil eR NU Si ik RRR i
[41 OE Wk ‘
Lo
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998762

Connected across the archive

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-08-01