26.04N 127.53E (Far East), July 1963July 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 26.04N 127.53E (Far East), July 1963 in July 1963. The full case file (4 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

26.04N 127.53E (Far East), July 1963

Date of incident

July 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

y Pe | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CLT |
1 1. DATE § LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| ) 4 3 : 0 Was Ball
[4 + July 1963 26.0kN 127.53E (Far East) a bare! ho |
| | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3 Possibly Balloon |
1 Lp fede eS ER RO SE B-Ground-Visvel 0 Ground-Radar 2 pa ean | |
i GMT 2 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercept Rader |B Possibly Aircroft
© | 5- PHOTOS . § A O Wos Astronomicol:
8 O Yes O Probobly Astronomicel
4 X E5No military O Possibly Astronomical |
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE x OtherSatallite ——— Tuk
Eb min one NE 8 syticiont ota for Eveluation
: 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS : :
§ |[Ob) appearing as lst mag star observed at At O4/11257 ECHO was heading SE and
I 1200 deg azimuth 10 deg elevation in flight ‘Inot visible at the location of the
| to 085 deg azimuth 17 deg elevation after observer. Possible observation of other
| |steady flight with max altitude of 25 deg. visible satellite, such as 1963 Beta
* | Total duration observed 6 min. Disappeared Theta. Case considered as a Satellite
© | suddenly. TX BX used. Object believed to be observation since all information
: Satellite. conforms with this analysis.
3 ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) |
4 iii ! : (}
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001622

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-07-01