42.50N 155.20E Pacific, May 1962May 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 1, 1962, near 42.5 degrees north and 155.2 degrees east in the Pacific Ocean, the crew of the USS Merrimac observed a two-engine aircraft with red markings flying low over their ship. The object swept over at swept-back wing at 0 degrees suppost babback wing 0th with red "Y" on the tail and red star on the tail. The aircraft had a steep climb, flew parrell course of 52 degrees, and passed 100 feet above the surface. The sighting lasted not specified. On May 11, 1962, Naval Station Victor reported the incident via emergency message. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as no threat.

Reported location

42.50N 155.20E Pacific, May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 May 1962
2. LOCATION: 42.5N 155.2E Pacific
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 0200 UTC 11/2002Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: No
6. SOURCE: Naval SS Washington Bear
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not given
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: Two
9. COURSE: [illegible]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: 2 4-engine a/c with red markings flow low over ship. Swept wing, jet mid wing, speed 250 knots. Red "Y" on tail & rod star.
11. COMMENTS: Not of ag. Evaluated as no threat.
12. CONCLUSIONS: (checkboxes marked) Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possible Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997272