25.5N 85.4W (Gulf of Mex), December 1962December 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 3, 1962, the crew of an aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico, near 25.5N 85.4W, reported a possible rocket in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object showed a bright vapor trail shooting upward at a bearing of about 345 degrees and 15 degrees elevation. It appeared to climb before it disappeared. The duration and the direction of travel were not clearly reported.

The Air Force noted the object seemed to gain elevation, but the report did not give enough detail on its direction. The case was treated as having limited data.

Reported location

25.5N 85.4W (Gulf of Mex), December 1962

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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a. : . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
; : Pig
9 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Balloon
3 December 1962 25.5N 85.4W (Gulf of Mex)|O Boney Raison
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : ERB y Bao
3 i By {fs AN EI I SSRN KX Ground- Visual DO Ground-Roador 8 Probably Avera?
E eMr__04/0345Z2 0 Air Visudl O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS ; 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
a Yes O Probably Astronomical
i MX No Cervis (Merchant Vessel) [0 Possibly Astronomical
~ | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BORE. a
FE ipl Dato for Evaluation
= Oo nkno wn
: not rptd one Southerly x
.  |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i Possible rocket with bright vapor Duration not rptd. Obj had
1 trail shooting upward. Bearing 345 apparent increase in elevation.
4 dgr elevation 15 dgr. Disappeared Not rptd as to direction or
1 bearing 338 dgr 30 dgr elevation. change in intensity 2f any,
3 Case considered insufficient
: data.
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999936