24.43 166.23W (Pacific), April 1963April 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 24.43 166.23W (Pacific), April 1963 in April 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 47.

Reported location

24.43 166.23W (Pacific), April 1963

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
O Wos Balloon
15 April 1963 24,43 166,23W (Pacific) O Probably Balloon |
—_— ~~ am O Possibly Bolloon {
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
[a at CE XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Bria Akerat
GMT 16/06302 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar OD Possibly Aircraft
ELL es i i Rr EE [TRL LeU SB O Was Astronomical |
: QO Yes o Probably Astronomical I
XKNo ib Civilian D Possibly Astronomical |
7. OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BIEN ea le she
RE RRR | HX Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
0 Unknown
not reported Soho le BER RT EGR ERE BC DRG TE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
MERINT report of glowing object mov- Possibility of meteor and
ing East very fast, No identification. possibility of object being |
Resembled a bright star, Estimated a/c, Duration not reported,
altitude 20,000 ft, No evaluation without dura-
tion, Case listed as insuf-
ficient data, cto Acer AJ
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000643

Connected across the archive

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-04-01