16.08N 131.58W, November 1962November 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 16.08N 131.58W, November 1962 in November 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 47.

Reported location

16.08N 131.58W, November 1962

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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Fists PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . ;
- [m] Jos Salioon.s
: 23 November 1962 16.08N 131.58W iL GEee ply Basen
| | 3 DATE-TIMEGROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 0 Possibly Balloon _
| (1 55 ra Re at JOR oi XKGround- Visual O Ground-Radar & Ro CA
GMT 23/20237 0 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Ast ical
PoEHYTO O Yes | w] Brabably Asfiohamical
ak 0 Possibly Astronomical
PIRELEIRIATD LL ET RRR Eb I ©) oS diet ta US ANS
i 1 OR EF SE FE A
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION § NEHER UD ORE) 0 | fo Sonn x blr Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1 minute 30 seconds e RE —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round white pea sized body observed Possible satellite observation;
at 35 dgr elevation 260 dgr azimuth. however, speed indicated by
Moving at high speed & disappearing duration of sighting would appear
after 1 minute 30 second flight at high. Also possible a/c sighting
20 dgr elevation 190 dgr azimuth. as speed indicated by duration
Maximum elevation at initial sight- is within normal operational
ing. area of both jet and convention-
al a/c depending upon the dis-
tance of the object. Case consi-
dered as insufficient data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-11-01