Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, April 1962April 1962

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Summary

On April 2, 1962, near Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, an object was tracked on radar with no visual sighting. The object was picked up on three separate ground radars and by 16 military personnel, moving east at about 72 knots at roughly 7,000 feet over about 4 minutes. Two F-102 aircraft were scrambled and obtained radar lock-on for several passes, but made no visible contact. A radar analyst believed it was a solid object. The Air Force noted that a balloon released from Loring Air Force Base, Maine, could have drifted to that location, and that the speed and wind direction pointed to a lighter-than-air object. The record card concluded a balloon was the probable cause.

Reported location

Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, April 1962

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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: HEAR RADAR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
] 2 Apr 62 | Goose Ray, Lsbredor, Canada F Vias Balloon
E = hi 8 Probably Balloon
EN aE lh Teuorossivkiion. | Pessilly Bison
EP ESR a GS Pk AA Se 0 Ground-VYisuol 0 Ground-Radar 5 qo oy A
E: GMT 02/05 307 ERY 0 AirVisuoal 0 Air-Intsrcept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
I a 7 1] To ee ER oa Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes Mi 14a 0 Probably Astronomical
3 ¥ Ne | JALLATAT 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF J8SERYATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE RR A EA
3 Se Laie | | A 0 Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
: 4 Or D4 min one 0) 0 Unknown
J CE {TT
3 lo visual sighting. Picked up by ground radar, | Definite object picked up on 3 separate
Speed of about T2 kts to E., Altitude of aprox | radars. Only remote possibility of weathe
E “T,000 ft. 2 F-102 ajc scrambled and picked up | as the cause. Believed to be solid object
object on their radar and lock-on obtained for | by radar enalyst. Wind would carry balloc
] several passes, No visible contact. Observed by| released from Loring AFB, Maine at 0000
: 16 military personnel on ground radar. Picked |to the sbove location, Faulty inflation
up by both airborne radars, Wind at 47,000 ft or sligat leak would cause balloon to
was from heading of 240° at 90 kts. No inver- level off at 47,000 ft instead of usual
sicn in area. Tropopause at 35,000. All other |maximum altitude. Speed of object togethep
weather normal at altitude, with the wind direction indicate a lightep-
than-air object. Also no visible identifi
3 as indicates that balloon was probable
cause. ia §
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