Ft Bragg, South CarolinaSeptember 1962

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Summary

On September 18, 1962, military personnel near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, reported a bright light during a night exercise. The time was about 0855Z. The light was in sight for about 4 minutes. The main observer was an Air Force pilot, and five other military personnel saw it too.

The witnesses described a bright white hemispherical light, about the size of a penny held at arm's length. It first appeared in the north at about 67 degrees elevation and descended in a parabolic path. As it moved, it appeared to accelerate, and the light became pointed with an elongated tail. It went out at about 30 degrees elevation, as if it had burned up. The sky was clear with high thin clouds.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the description matched a flare dropped from an aircraft during the military exercises.

Reported location

Ft Bragg, South Carolina

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

SC / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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a : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
k 0 Was Balloon
i 18 Se ntamba Tr 1965 T+ Ryaca Lannth Oa v1 1 nn Q Probably Bolloon
1 18 Seotomber 1962. li allatectinan . : : Carnlilnd In Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
: pgp A 0 Was Aircraft
4 - Sa - §
! Lees) meee C:Ground-Visval O Ground-Rodor 0 Probobly Aircraft
: emt. 18/0890% 0 AirVisvel 3 Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS .» 30URCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yas D Probobly Astronomicol
Le | -ONe W514 tary 0 Possibly Astronomical
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ME (hee. SBD inion
| O insufficient Doto for Evaluation
: ; 0 Unknown
4 minutes one descent
12. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright hemispherical light observed Description conforms to that
| for 4 minutes in parabolic descent, expected of flare dropped fm
rail SX size of obj. Light accelerated a/c during military cxercises.
: 2. tail became elongated & pointed,
l | Initial observation in North at 60 dgr
; elevation. Went out at 45 dgr azimuth
: 30 dgr elevation. Observation during
night exercise.
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