39.30N 172.30W (Pacific), February 1963February 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 39.30N 172.30W (Pacific), February 1963 in February 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 47.

Reported location

39.30N 172.30W (Pacific), February 1963

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 O Was Balloon
3 [0 30W ifi oO Probably Balloon
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION HaGeesiby Bllloon
| 1 O Was Aircraft
| Coecalpiriceun ils paler 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft {
i GMT =: SORZIZ2Q7A cu XXAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
i -1'5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
A O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
i ; No Military O Possibly Astronomical
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| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Xother__Satellite(&C/4'|
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i ; | 4 O Unknown
15 minutes one NNE
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E | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
; Round glowing lizht sighted moving | Apparently orbital in nature. No
i Ndorth, northeast at 30 dgr elevation, | mention of change in speed or
3 Object disappeared at 20 dgr above course, ESHOdaota—mot—aveaisleirle,
¢ tne horizon after 15 minutes. Disappear- Case—~comstdered—as—a—provaible
i ance by fading. satetiibe—observation,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000226

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-02-01