15.34N 100.48W (PACIFIC), February 1963February 1963

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 15.34N 100.48W (PACIFIC), February 1963 in February 1963. The full case file (4 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 47.

Reported location

15.34N 100.48W (PACIFIC), February 1963

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

BE
: | | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
1 ORE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i /f ~ O Was Balloon
8 7 February 1963 15.34N 100.48W { Fier) a Blodasy gale
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ek Roe nds
3 [Foca Eisai Retold Ge XGround- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 8 Shean
3 GMT 07/12307 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
3 ey §. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
EE a Yes O Probably Astronomical i
Is No military O Possibly Astronomical .
| | | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE KXOther_satellite * 4°
BE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
a 5 : | O Unknown
| 53 minutes one | northeast
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [1]. COMMENTS
8 Satellite sighted at 40 dgr elevation BoHO-data not -axaidadde- Sight- |
below star Antares. Meving in north- ing is characteristic of Satellitd
E ward direction of about 035 dgr T. and was reported as a satellite
1 Appeared to be in polar orbit, sighting not a UFO.
3 ECere thoes Exitos, 7° Tz *0¢s
; a oa “ul i a J 22 c 2 AoE dst vy
3 Ce a Fra ’ Pe & c & ps) 7 Ss fe po t Fs
p ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000221

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-02-01