60.14N 13.36W (Atlantic), October 1962October 1962

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Summary

On October 23, 1962, the crew of an aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean, near 60.14N and a longitude later corrected to 13.36W, reported a bright light. The report came from military aircrew and was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was a single round white light, about as bright as a first magnitude star. It was seen moving against the background stars. Reports gave its path as rising through the sky over about 18 minutes before it passed behind the aircraft. The night was clear with unlimited visibility and no clouds. No radar contact and no physical evidence were obtained.

The Air Force said the object had the characteristics of an orbiting body and evaluated the case as a satellite. A later analysis noted that no satellite of suitable size and orbit was known to be in the area at that time, and data for the Echo satellite was not available.

Reported location

60.14N 13.36W (Atlantic), October 1962

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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bE: RIOR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 3

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
} a 13 0 Wos Balloon

b 23 October 1962 60,.14N -30_.36W (Atlantic) O Probably Balloon

: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SERCAR By BRIIBaN

= Bo cgi tdi ita tie ei 3¢Ground- Visual . 0 Ground-Rador <i Probably Avera

8 oMT___23/2025Z2 a AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

fe 5. "PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

0 Yes g O Probobly Astronomical {
BE 5 i 9a DO Possibly Astronomicol

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE # oOther_Satellite

: . O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |

| O Unknown

a 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

A Bright light with magnitude equal to Object has characteristics of

Eb 1st magnitude star observed moving orbital element, Case evaluated

3 SE. Speed unknown, Tracked through as a Satellite, ECHO data not

3 65 dgr arc in 10 minutes, available,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999600