11.45N 174.52W, July 1962July 1962

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Summary

On July 4, 1962, a UFO was sighted at sea near coordinates 11 degrees 3 minutes North, 174 degrees 52 minutes West. The object was round with a solid glow and no tail, bluish white in color and as bright as the first magnitude star. It was first noticed due to movement relative to the stars at 45 degrees bearing 300 degrees, then moved to 05 degrees bearing 030 degrees, on a northeast course. The object disappeared behind low clouds on the horizon. It remained in view for twelve minutes. The sighting was made visually with no optical aids at 4:09 a.m. The object was sighted by personnel aboard USS Forster, confirmed by the commanding officer and bridge watch. Satellites were sighted at the same time. No aircraft were on radar at the time of the sighting. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

11.45N 174.52W, July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
3 Jul 62

2. LOCATION
11.3N 174.52W

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 0409082

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual     Ground-Radar
Air-Visual        Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
12 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round object of first magnitude, bluish white. Solid glow, no tail, initially observed at azimuth after 1, then northeast. Light at 030 elevation azimuth behind clouds. Noticed. No c on Raider time of sighting.

11. COMMENTS
Object noted not in light observation of orbit and area apparent. After 1, this in strain. Light at 030 play 030 elevation azimuth behind clouds. Notices lids. No c on Raider time of sighting.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997985