Barbados, BWI, September 1962September 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 Barbados, BWI, September 1962 in September 1962. The full case file (6 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

Barbados, BWI, September 1962

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: 0 Was Balloon
l4 September 1962 Barbados, BWI - "uke et hn |
a EE EA —————— tis reise & lr —————————————— + Sirs.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION fied (habit
poe { a O Was Aircroft
Local Ea es “eX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador OQ Probably Aircrofr
GMT 15/G1357 O Air Visval 0 Air-Intercept Radar OU Possibly Aircraft
S.. PHOTOS §. S0URCE 0 Was Astronomical Mot coor
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
| SCRE Se CO BTS 00 Ne Melee O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O335RVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE RI
O Insufficient Deto for Evaluation
; O Unknown
i alas 7 4 x] or
FREERRAEL CL RE wd BORER ES NB won BERR BIE FF 6 ET SEN PRE OR I SAR a IR
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Observation tm osemi-dark room, Very Although duration not rptd, obj
bright, twinkling blue-green obj like is characteristic of meteor in
SKy rocket, Falling toward the earth, description, Vertical descent
not across sky. No tail, unusual; however, still Possible,
Probably a meteor sighting,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 256 SED 52)
1 Fg 41 J
£41

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999078

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-09-01