Grand Cayman Island, West Indies, October 1961October 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the night of October 19 to 20, 1961, military witnesses on Grand Cayman Island in the West Indies reported an object. The witnesses were weather technicians. They described an elliptical object that was brighter than the planet Venus and oval in shape, with small lights moving clockwise around it. The object moved in an erratic, looping path and changed directions before disappearing behind a cloud bank. Binoculars were used. The weather was stormy. Three objects were noted on the record card. The Air Force considered a possible balloon but noted the witnesses had knowledge of upper air balloons. A request for more information could not be filled because of the observers' location. The case was listed as insufficient data.

Reported location

Grand Cayman Island, West Indies, October 1961

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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Eu PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD \
1. DATE ' ; 2. LOCATION ~ | 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 RE D Was Balloon
19-20 Oct 61 Grand Czymen Island, West Indies |O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GQ: PessiMly Batioon
Night ¥ ) i 0 Wos Aircraft
HES RRM © 7 SURE ap a #8 Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Rodor Q Probably Aircraft
GMT 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
0 Ne cdi den DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other. l= ela Ll
TI Insufficient Data for Evaluation
lice given 3 Trratic O Unknown
PERT EUE koe CR ei) SS TRE MOORE: (PASE) EC ;
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING E11iptical obJt Drighb- |. COMMENTS Weabher stormy. Leads to con-
er than Vezus, oval in shape with small lights | clusion of possible balloon obsavation
moving :lczxwise around objt. Moved erratically] however Ww itnesses were meteorological
anc chargsd directions. technicians who should have knowledge of
upper air balloon cbservations. Request
for additional) info not fulfilled due to
location of observers. Case listed as
: insufficient data.
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