3111N 6543W, April 1962April 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 11, 1962, a crew aboard a ship in the Atlantic (about 31-11N 65-43W) reported one bright white object moving at about 1,000 miles per hour. The object appeared to burn up in the atmosphere. Two unidentified aircraft were also in the area. The duration was not given. The Air Force said there was nothing to indicate the object was anything other than a meteor. The record card concluded the sighting was a meteor.

Reported location

3111N 6543W, April 1962

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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| MTT TD ARY : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
11 Apr 62 3111N 6543 qd J Wos Bolloon
: 0 <; . hd [a] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
. g ae 0 Wos Aircraft
j Local py pn A 0 Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Alrerels
ef bn pA Sma PER Re 0 Air~Visual 0 Air-intarcept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
2 5. PHOTOS .- SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical [25o0r
. 0 Yas Military 41 Probably Astronomical
SIN Ae Y 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE REL Reg UE CR I a ee
ERC 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; not given one 310 0 Unknown
10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS he oy
Bright white object with speed of about 1000 (Although duration of sighting was not
4 mph observed to burn up in atmosphere. Ship- |given, there is nothing to indicate
1 board observation. Two umknown a/c in area. that this was other than a meteor
k sighting.
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1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 82P 52)
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