61.45N 16.09W (Atlantic), October 1962October 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 61.45N 16.09W (Atlantic), October 1962 in October 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 46.

Reported location

61.45N 16.09W (Atlantic), October 1962

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

HE pw PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD vo
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Was Bolloon
16 ber 1962 61,45N 16,09W (Atlanti Peal Sa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION RATTETN) SR |
A EE NACA A 0 TS TRY O Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar a fei les ig hn oft
GMT 17/ 00492 X Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS + SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
Pale | 1 O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION } NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RR COUN Cocina kiitos
. RX Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
7S seconds one WSW Puc
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |". COMMENTS Fi
Starlike obj moving fm the NE to WSW Rpt fm Navy unit in Northern |
speed unknown, est 15 dgr elev, movin Latitades, No mention of Radar
toward Jupiter. Disappeared in 75 pickup, Obj has general appear-
seconds, Magnitude of 2 mag star. Ini ance of a/c sighting at dis-
| tial obsvation at 300 dgr azimuth tance. Moving wrong way for
20 dgr elev, Disappeared at 270 dgr azi/satellite. A/C located at 6,000
mugh 20 dgr elevation, ft. Visibility clear, Insuffi-
cient data for evaluation. Obj
| moved fhrough 30 dgr arc in
75 seconds, = ”
d Lak
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Ye 7 ~ ni
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999541

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-10-01