39.38N 172.30W (PACIFIC), June 1963June 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 39.38N 172.30W (PACIFIC), June 1963 in June 1963. The full case file (6 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 48.

Reported location

39.38N 172.30W (PACIFIC), June 1963

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

|
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|. pave 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: 0 Wos Ball
i 24 June 1963 39.388 172.30W ( faci¢/c/ 0 Probably Balloon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ras sibly. Balteen
Lio call lian laing cian he : 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground:Radar a Probably Aircraft
3 GMT 25/0829z & Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
A CEORBONOR ee rr BOURGET se me eK ia dA tener cal
3 0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
3 & No O Possibly Astronomical
rin a ene Te Tins si eee Th Sola BE oie. Satellite (EeHo-1h |
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EB, Other DRUE LSE _LECHO J
3 Not reported one 075 degrees Baw |
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Possible Satellite on course of 075 deg On 25 June at 0801Z ECHO crossed the
EF ith brightnessof 2d magnitude star. Speed equator heading NE at 100 deg East. This
i nknown, altitude unknown. would place the Satellite at about 47 d=
3 North latitude 170 deg W longitude at
: the time reported for this observation.
| This position and the description conforhs
E with the analysis of the sighting as the
i Satellite ECHO I.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001427

Connected across the archive

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-06-01