10.15N 163.47W, June 1962June 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 6, 1962, the crew of a Pan American Airlines flight over the Pacific Ocean reported a flash of light at about 1307Z. The sighting was at position 10 degrees 15 minutes north, 163 degrees 47 minutes west.

The crew saw a bluish flash that seemed to reach clear across the horizon. Shortly afterward they sighted a surface vessel, and a little later a second surface vessel.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The reporting headquarters gave a negative evaluation. The Air Force noted the data was limited and that the object was a possible meteor.

Reported location

10.15N 163.47W, June 1962

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i 2. LOCATION ; [12. CONCLUSIONS i
E J al Zp lo Was Belloon
6 Ju 32 10, 15N 103 .47W [J Probably Balloon
a ee tr A re EE TE oe A EE EN SP RAE ELAR —— Nw - PUI E ¢
3. DATZ-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION B Joauiiy Botton
Si & Bioind- Via 0 Ends {0 Was Aircraft
bE Ground- Visual rround=Radas |G Probably Aircraft
GMT VO/ Loui 4b | @Ai~Visuol [0 Air-intercept Radar {0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE CX “Was Astronomical [\. 2100 i
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
fl Mo Pan Am Airlines 00 Possibly Astronomical
I 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION BE NUNBEROF ONIRETE [ 5: COURSE © ID Other ola
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
poe 5 0 Unknown
flash one oe
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; Pu, Si
| Blue flash that extended clear across Limited data, Possible. meteor.
the horizon.
A ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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