42.20N 173W (Pacific), April 1963April 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 21, 1963, a military aircraft crew over the Pacific Ocean reported a bright light at high altitude. The position was about 42.20 degrees north, 173 degrees west. The crew got only a glimpse of the object.

The reporting aircraft held a radar contact at the same time as the visual contact, at the same position. The object's course and speed were unknown.

The contact was reported to air defense command as an unknown. The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, said there was no description, flight data, or other useful information, and listed the case as having insufficient information for analysis. A later evaluation message marked it unknown.

Reported location

42.20N 173W (Pacific), April 1963

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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|
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 0 Wos Bailoon |
1 21 April 1963 42.20N 173W (Pacific) 0 Probably Balloon |
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ileus Gielt
1 eS RE TT O Ground-Radar Ral |
: 1 GMT 21/ 13B2Z X¥Air Visual PAir- Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft |
ig 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
EE: OQ Yes O Probably Astronomical
1 mee ey O Possibly Astronomical |
2 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ER OthBeb asian Lal R Giles ah
LE Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
LE | 0 Unknown | Sou
4 bia He EE Ee ER ov A TS AN UT 01 SCR sls RE GUS SSO SLE NNO: |
8 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS
1 Brent daght at high al titude, Course | No description flight or other |
. unknown speed unknown, A/C held radar | pertinent data, Case has insuf
a contact at same time as visual contac te ficient information for analy- |
3 Glimpse only, sis,
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4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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