20.00N 161.12W, July 1962July 1962

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Summary

On July 4, 1962, the crew of a Pan American flight over the Pacific Ocean reported an object. The sighting was at about 1336Z, at position 20 degrees north, 161 degrees west, while the aircraft was at flight level 310.

The crew saw a very large bright object traveling from northwest to southeast with a light blue flame following it. The object approached the horizon at about a 60 degree angle.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the object had the characteristics of a missile in a known missile range, on a heading that would be taken if launched from Vandenberg. No check was made to verify a missile launch, but officials said the data indicated a probable missile sighting.

Reported location

20.00N 161.12W, 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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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\. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
hb July 1962 20,00N 161.129 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Belloen
O Was Aircraft
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CT. O Ground: Visual O Ground-Radar OQ Probobly Aircraft
: GMT) 13362 XXAir Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireroft
4 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Wes Astronomical
3 : O Yes OD Probably Astronomical
x ONe ¥ Civilian : OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ¥X Other Poss Missile
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
1 ok O Unknown
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g 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Co jt coserved fm civil Pw COMMENTS Ob jt w/characteristics of missile |
iplines filght while OVEX Pacific ocean. in mown missile Yalge and heading in
; pat right travelling fm NW to 3E w/ligat Aire~tion that would be taken if launchd
wipe flame following. fm Vandenberg. NO chack made to verify
missile launch, however data furnished
indicates provable missile sighting. -
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997993