37.12N 173.12W, October 1962October 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 18, 1962, a military source filed a brief report of a blue-green object seen at sea, near 37.12N 173.12W in the Pacific. The report came through a quick visual reporting channel and was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

Witnesses described the object as a light that descended toward the horizon. The length of the sighting was not reported, and few other details were given.

The Air Force said the report contained only limited information. The case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

37.12N 173.12W, October 1962

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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BEC a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: . O Was Balleon
18 October 1962 37.12N 173.12W D Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belloon |
RO OT iii ie iii iain XXGround- Visual O Ground-Rodar a Brohety croft
| GMT 19/07527Z a Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aireraft
5. ‘PHOTOS . URCE 0 Was Astronomical :
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
XK No Military O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HBC CORR Ta HS SOAR ER
; XE Xinsufficient Date for Evaluation
10 Unknown
not rptd
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: CIRVIS rpt of blue-green obj describe Limited information. Insuffi-
as a light, descending to horizon, cient data for evaluation,
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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