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Case FileNARA NAID 28998525 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Curaco, August 1962August 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 Curaco, August 1962 in August 1962. The full case file (2 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

Curaco, August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7 August 1962
2. LOCATION: Curacao (not rptd [at sea])
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local evening, OUT
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Air-Visual [checked], Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar [not checked]
5. PHOTOS: Yes, 35/No
6. SOURCE: Military (Dutch Navy)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: Easterly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Clear sky. Clear light going fm West to East. Thought to be star or planet until it moved. Disappeared slowly.
11. COMMENTS: Location of sighting not rptd. Possibly Satellite sighting. Data insufficient for analysis. Time of sighting not rptd.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checked boxes for] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998525

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Dutch NavyRoyal Dutch Navy

Places

Curacao

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19621962-08-014th August 19627 August 1962