34.57N 176.43W (Pacific), March 1963March 1963

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Summary

On March 14, 1963, a military aircraft crew over the Pacific Ocean reported a white, steady, glowing object brighter than any star. The report was made on a very clear night. The object was first seen at about 15 degrees above the horizon and was watched for about 3 seconds.

The object fell from east to west and disappeared into overcast cloud tops at about 5,000 feet. The reporting aircraft was at about 9,000 feet. The object looked about one fifth of a fingertip wide at arm's length.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, concluded the sighting was a meteor.

Reported location

34.57N 176.43W (Pacific), March 1963

Date of incident

March 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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1 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
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: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i O Was Balloon

| __14 March 1963 34,57N 176,43W (pacific) |§ Brobebly Balican

E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 350) (is Leth

3 PE O Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar a Nomi Aireral

i GMT 15/ 08267 WX Air Visual 0 Air-Intercep? Rador D Possibly Aircralt

4 5. PHOTOS ; §. SOURCE MX Was Astronomical Meteor

3 O Yes o {oli Cd bib i
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Militar ossibly stronomico
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other mete
4 O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation

3 0 Unknown

3 three seconds ne ORO 1 ____West EE a ease

: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

; CIRVIS report from a/c of white stead Meteor sighting.

5 glowing object in flight from East to |
g west speed very fast. Object falling

and disappeared into overcast top at

1 5,000f¢, Initial observation at 15dgr

; above horison 330dgr azimuth. Report-

- ing a/c at 9,000 heading 015dgr speed

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