28.23N 137.30W (Pacific), May 1962May 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 1, 1962, a staff watch officer aboard a Navy vessel in the Pacific reported an object in the sky. The sighting was at about 0525Z and lasted about 25 minutes.

The object was described as red, white, and blue and larger than a first magnitude star or planet. It was first seen at about 280 degrees azimuth and 19 degrees elevation. It moved from north to south and disappeared behind clouds at about 250 degrees azimuth and 14 degrees elevation. It was viewed through a 20 power glass. The weather gave a ceiling of about 2,000 feet with 10 mile visibility and 6/10 cloud cover.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the object was in sight too long for a satellite and too long for an aircraft. No information was given on flight path or changes in speed and direction. Officials concluded there was insufficient data for a valid analysis.

Reported location

28.23N 137.30W (Pacific), May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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4 1. DATE |* LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: 3 1 ORS iy i a bids 0 Was Bolloon

1 May 62 28,23N 137.30W (Pacific) O Probably Balloon

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ———|O Possibly Bolloon

n . B 0 Was Aircrafr

Local RT ee +: Ground-Visual Q Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

. CMT 02/05257Z 0 Air~Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

[8 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OQ Was Astronomical

3 TO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

<1 No WS Military st 2 O Possibly Astronomical

i 7 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE whale | RE i SR EER

4 2 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

i ly os 0 Unknown

oO mins one South

! 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 11. COMMENTS g:

b Obj rptd in sight for 25 mins. Color | In sight too long for satellite,

L .{ given as red, white, & blue, size Also excessive for a/c. No mentidn
lagger than lst mag star. Initial of manner of flight, change in
observation at 280 deg azimuth 19 directions speeds etc. Insuffi-
deg elsv w/disappearance at 250 deg eient data for a valid analysis,

1 azimuth 14 deg elev. Observed thru

20X glass. WX given as ceiling 2,000

; vis 10, 6/10 cloud cover.

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