15.56N 81.05 W (Gulf Of Mexico), June 1963June 1963

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 15.56N 81.05 W (Gulf Of Mexico), June 1963 in June 1963. The full case file (6 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 48.

Reported location

15.56N 81.05 W (Gulf Of Mexico), June 1963

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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* [1 bate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
i 20 June 1963 15.56N 81.05W (Gulf of Mexico) |g Probobly Belleon |
i | 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tl Reseity Smlesn |
j ae XXX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador a Eh Riker oft
; CMT 21/00 2Z 0 Air Visval O Air-Intarcept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
4 S. PHOTOS - SOUR O Was Astronomical
EF O Yes ; O Probobly Astronomical
{ XXX No civilian O Possibly Astromamical
| | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE i Other Satellite FCHO T |
"6 minutes one NE O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
D Unknown
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L  |10. BRIE® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS : |
. Pbject as bright as Polaris in flight with At 0020Z on 21 June ECHO crossed |
'  llevation of 16 deg observed at 340 deg azimuth| equator at 126 deg W Longitude.
Flight at East disappearing after 6 min this places to Satellite in position |
¢  pbservation at 015 deg azimuth 5 deg elev. for observation by the witness.
Case evaluated as ECHO I. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001377

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-06-01