Approximately 60 Miles East of Puerto Rico, February 1959February 1959

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On February 22, 1959, civilian crewmen aboard a Dutch merchant ship about 60 miles east of Puerto Rico reported an object in the night sky. The sighting was about 1:38 a.m. (0538Z) and lasted from a few seconds up to about five minutes for different observers. The witnesses included the ship's second mate, fourth mate, and an ordinary seaman, two using binoculars.

They described one round, reddish orange object about three feet in diameter, with a steaming tail of gaseous flame. There was no sound. The object was on a collision course with the ship, made a gradual right turn before arriving overhead, then turned left and resumed its original course before disappearing over the horizon to the west.

The Air Force record card listed the case under other. Officials said the object had the general characteristics of a missile and was in a known missile range. A missile schedule was not available at the time, but all indications pointed to that analysis.

Reported location

Approximately 60 Miles East of Puerto Rico, February 1959

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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3 ONT AO TRA DDO AGIA 0 1.00.51 ms PA RPT ST TI SA CHRD PRIA 0 70° TBA 0 ATR TE Hone FREE FA Pm #1 Poi
y . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ‘ .
1. DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Approximately 60 Miles East O Wes Bolloon
22 Feb 59 of Puerto Rico 5 er L pn
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ovis SSA
s 0 Was Aircraft
tool | Wogmi¥iwd, ~~ OOwsifelr a Probely Aired: | |
CMT 22/05 307 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft :
oT JOUR 0 Woes Astronomical |
O Probably Astronomicol
Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE eT a Ss d Ep
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5 min - 1 min and 45 sec AR —— @ for Evaluation]
one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Round, reddish-orange obj, approximately Obj has general characteristics
1 3 ft in diameter, with steaming tail of gas- of missile, Missile schedule not
eous flame. available ot this date however all
indications point to this analysis .
In known missile range.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982037