58.15N 169120W (PACIFIC), May 1963May 1963

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Summary

On May 8, 1963, the crew of a military aircraft over the Pacific Ocean reported a radar contact followed by a visual contact. The position was about 58 degrees north, 169 degrees west. The object was silver, with sunlight reflecting off its body, and was heading west at about 60,000 feet. Six crew members held it on radar and in view for about three minutes.

The object had four contrails that blended into one. The crew debrief described it as an unidentified bomber type aircraft.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, recorded the conclusion as an aircraft.

Reported location

58.15N 169120W (PACIFIC), May 1963

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
E. I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i 7 i be ¥ O Wos Balloon ’
3 8 May 1963 58.15N 169120W (Phe, fe 0 Probably Balloon !
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION = TEER Dellotn |
] Wos Aircraft {
rr aE 0 Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 8 Piabably Aircraft |
] BM Ugv/ooles MXAir Visual R>Mir-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical f
; 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical i
: a; No Militar O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO thee sla vo. Sallie sii
; O Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
I O Unknown

: 3 m i nt o8 one wast
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Y
od Radar contact followes by visual Crew debrief indicated that the .
EE contact with silver object with sun object was an unidentified bomber
reflecting from fuselage, Obj heading | type a/c, silver in color w/foue |.
west at 60,000 feet, | contrails blending into one.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000786