45.50N 173.30W (Pacific), December 1962December 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 7, 1962, a military aircrew over the Pacific Ocean, near 45.50N 173.30W, reported a white object in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was white, about the size of a silver dollar, and was seen blinking. It appeared at about 030 degrees azimuth and 60 degrees elevation.

The Air Force said the object was possibly a satellite or possibly an aircraft, but satellite data was not available. The case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

45.50N 173.30W (Pacific), December 1962

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

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Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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ER PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

| 8 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;
i O Was Bolloon

PE 7 December 1962 45, 50N 173.30W (Pacifi c) (m] Probably Bolloon

~ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BLL TREY SeIoeh

i fC fb Ee el AL ERR 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probobly Airerafs

BE GM 08 /05207 ; Ein Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft

i 5. POTS ) 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

k QO Yes O Probably Astronomical

- XIXNo Military O Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl OH sl ai a
pb XX Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
E : O Unknown

i 6 minutes one Southekly

~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Hs COMMENTS

E UFO white size of silver dollar blink Satellite data not available.

3 ing observed fm military a/c. Obj Possible Satellite, possible a/c.
. sighted at 030 dgr azimuth 60 dgr Insufficient data for evaluation.
i elev & after 6 min flight lost in

5 light of moon at 105 dgr azimuth 30

i dgr elevation,

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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999955