43.59N 124.51W (PACIFIC), January 1963January 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 43.59N 124.51W (PACIFIC), January 1963 in January 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 47.

Reported location

43.59N 124.51W (PACIFIC), January 1963

Date of incident

January 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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¢ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
= / Ca AE 0 Was Balloon

o 19 January 1963 43.59N 124,51W facie; c) O Probably Batlcen

FE 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION tl; Rosutly ellseh

E AL RS IEE ea BxGround- Visual DO Ground-Radar & BUY Alaratr |

Eo GMT 19/ 135127 0 Air Visual [m} Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircroft | .
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor

i O Yes : O Probably Astronomical

E XX No Civilian : O Possibly Astronomical

7 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Eh Qe lee |

fe 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

i | O Unknown

i: 2 seconds one Southwest

4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

- Round small black particle followed Meteor sighting, Description &

d by a ball of fire on flight from duration consistent with this

3 northeast to southwest falling into analysis,
i water after flight of 2 seconds,

Described as a bright light at initial

4 observation,

E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000127

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-01-01