61.38N 07.15W (Atlantic), December 1962December 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 61.38N 07.15W (Atlantic), December 1962 in December 1962. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 47.

Reported location

61.38N 07.15W (Atlantic), December 1962

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

| Gad PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Cen

i met eee eee eee

E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E O Was Bolloon

E 16 Dacember 1962 61,38N 07,15W (Atlantic) B Bidiaiy got ieod

i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION hat A Shih Aobede
4 DO Was Aircraft
1 gE FR tn wo SH RC ES f Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar a Probobly Aireroft
i GMT 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E O Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 BNo Military O Possibly Astronomical
9 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO
i x5 isi sient Data for Evaluction
bi Oo nknown |
E 30 seconds : one SW
~ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
4 Satellite on heading of 075dgr. Speed|Most probably a high meteor if durh- |
very rapid. Round size of pea, green-|tion is correct. Possibly satellitp. |
bo ish same size as stars. Initial obsertinsufficient data presented for |
FE vation at 20 dgr elevation 20 dgr  |evaluation., Conflicting & incom- |
A azimuth disappeared at 60 dgr elewatihplete info present.
EF tion 305 dgr azimuth w/gravitational ; |
E trajectory blinking as approaching

i horizon, 30-5 seconds

"| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000015

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-12-01