Buck Island, Caribbean, October 1962October 1962

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Summary

On October 2, 1962, an observer on the hills above Christiansted reported a sighting near Buck Island in the Virgin Islands. The report came by phone to a flight service station. The time was about 2227Z. The object was in sight for about 3 seconds.

The witness saw a white streak enter the atmosphere at about a 45 degree angle, about 10 degrees above the horizon, beyond Buck Island. The observer said it was not a flare. The color stayed white during the entire sighting.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the short duration indicated a meteor sighting. The apparent speed ruled out a flare, and the white color and short duration ruled out decay. The Air Force concluded the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Buck Island, Caribbean, October 1962

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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WEG “ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD oH
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Was Bolloon
2 October 1962 Buc 1 O Probably oe Heh
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
LONE initiating RX round- Visual O Ground-Rodor 5 Probetly Air ral
omMT_02/22272 a AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft Diss
5. PHOTOS . IX Was Astronomicol Meteor
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
e XXNo | Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERYVATION B NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CH ECAR Re
; : : . 0 Insufficient Dete for Evaluation i
s : 0 Unknown / Pade
| 3 seconds one not rptd /
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Hg
8 White streak entering atmosphere at Short duration indicates meteor
| 45 dgr angle 10 dgr above horizon. sighting. Apparent speed rules
Not a flare. Color remained white out flares and white color rules
during entire sighting, out decay, as well as short dura |
tion, All indications are that
obj was a meteor, :
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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