5031N 1730W (ATLANTIC), December 1961December 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 14, 1961, the crew of the USNS General W. O. Darby reported an object over the North Atlantic, off the coast of England. The sighting was made at about 0040 GMT. It was seen by eye.

The object was described as a missile that was blue, white, red, and green in color. It was flying low and heading northwest at high speed. The crew saw sparking when the object crossed the ship's bow from port to starboard. It kept a steady glide path. The weather was cloudy with rough seas.

The Air Force record card lists this case as insufficient data. The card notes the object had some characteristics of a meteor, but the duration was not given and it crossed low instead of at altitude. Because of this, the case could not be firmly concluded.

Reported location

5031N 1730W (ATLANTIC), December 1961

Date of incident

December 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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/ oi PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION . | 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wks Gr ; 0 Wes B
2 1k Dec 61 5031n 1730u 4 TAN i /C ) a] od gg
| 3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WB. Cop oiuty Belbepn : |
3 be ; 3 Wos Aircraft
b Local _ “8 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radaor 0 Probably Aircraft
E 1650007 i i
GMT 1500402 0 AirVisuol DO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical |
No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical |
9 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gl CORRE tna a Ts
Ee 834 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
b Es O Unknown
3 ) NW 3
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Blue-white-red-zreen 11. COMMENTS Observation in North Atlantic
i missile, lov, heading NW fast. Sparking observelloff coast of England. Not in known missilg
wnen objt crossed bow. Maintained glide path. range. Characteristics of meteor present |
3 however duration not given--also crossed
o low instread of altitude. Probable meteor
E however cannot conclude and case listed
3 as insufficient data.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995808