42.20N 172.00 W (Pacific), June 1963June 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 42.20N 172.00 W (Pacific), June 1963 in June 1963. The full case file (5 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

42.20N 172.00 W (Pacific), June 1963

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

BE atals PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
. [-oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Balleon |
19 June 1.963 42,20 N 172.00W (pacific) O Probably Balloon |
| [2 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION L. cLerniy Oailoon
1 Loco! — a Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar e iy Hedi pag |
FE vy ps RE) NN A oXkin Vi sul 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
| 5. PHOTOS « SOURC 0 Was Astronomical
NE O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
4 C0 Ne military D Possibly Astronomicol |
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a] Othe eee
1 3 min one ast eg Patient ota for Eveoluation |
3
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; y ¥ 11. COMMENTS ¢
£ 1 Silver object about 21 deg above horizon escription did not indicate features of |
¢ |observed for 3 minutes. MOving at “high /c, however the duration of the sighting
| |speed in West to East flight. is consistent with a/c analysis. Object wap |
3 arried a/c by the Navy monitoring |
i his sector. C-se considered as
i insufficient data. €cte NOT Jed |
; Coil LoIRia0 SE 41 Leaf ad
1 202°W aT 15/1437 %,
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001366

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-06-01