46.13N 173.53W (PACIFIC), May 1963May 1963

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Summary

On May 17, 1963, the crew of a Military Air Transport Service C-135 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean reported a bright greenish white flare. The position was about 46 degrees north, 173 degrees west. The aircraft was at 37,000 feet. The flare burst into two orange trails.

The object moved from east to west, with about a 45 degree downward path.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, reported the object as a flare and said the description conformed with that finding. A later evaluation message left the case not evaluated.

Reported location

46.13N 173.53W (PACIFIC), May 1963

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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/ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
J ; } D Was Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION wi Possibly Boigon
A Local ee 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a hii ol JN
| TR rR X¥¥Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
) 3 QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
o Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Omer -RBlale. ir
a fase en Data for Evaluation
2 : 0 Unknown
not repcrted one falling 5
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
CIRVIS report of bright greenish Obj reported as a flare. Descrip-
white flare bursting into two orange tion conforms with this analysis.
trails. Observation from MATS a/c
/ | at 37,000 ft. Object in east to west
flight with 45 dgr downward projectio |
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