British Honduras, Central America, July 1962July 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 6, 1962, in British Honduras, a civilian observed a brilliant object moving southeast across the sky. The witness reported seeing the object at 8:30 p.m. for about one and a half hours. The object changed direction to upright, then disappeared. Fades gradually in sight. Witness also reported. The investigation evaluated the sighting as involving insufficient data for evaluation and marked it unknown.

Reported location

British Honduras, Central America, July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 Jul 62

2. LOCATION
British Honduras, Central America

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2030

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
One and a half hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
SE to NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Brilliant oblong object moving SSE observed in the sky. Changed direction to upright. [illegible] positioned to right. Fades gradually in sight. [illegible] without

11. COMMENTS
When viewed at distance difficult to estimate. believed to be of celestial nature. Since all apparent was decided and with the possibility of a satellite sighting is evident. Both would have passed the area half an hour earlier if conditions (dusk) are such that a Satellite might not be visible even then. So duration could [illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other_
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998070