Chester, PennsylvaniaFebruary 1963

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 Chester, Pennsylvania in February 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Chester, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

PA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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j PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; O Was Balloon
i 6 February 1963 Chester, Pennsylvania J RrcBitly alles
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a nih di el
4 3 O Was Aircraft
4 Lomas rata Ll & x O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
E GMT 06/1910Z O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
§ 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: 8 Yes O Probably Astronomical
: Bo Civilian o ints Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ER LAE Nene L A TIL]
{ O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i ; | O Unknown :
| over 10 minutes one | north | ebiect
f 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [1. COMMENTS LIK Zo (vhic- fiefr |
ib Flving saucer observed for 10 minutes No basis for conclusion as to
i before it took off heading north, | this sighting. Nothing unusual
Observation through 10 - 60 BX, Jets | reported by a/c in area. Object
in alr at same time believed to be 1 | could have been a balloon, anothe
] lonking for UFO bv observer. Witness | a/c or almost anything. Due to
: has observed 14 UFO's since 1937, witness' frequency in sighting
| UFO's, case is evaluated as
; probably misinterpretation of
| some conventional object,
; | UNEECAELE Brady
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000210

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Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Places

Chester, PA Pennsylvania

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-02-01