Gulf of Mexico, May 1963May 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 26, 1963, the crew of the tug Sandra reported an object over the Gulf of Mexico near 29 degrees 14 minutes North, 93 degrees 25 minutes West. The witnesses were Coast Guard or merchant crew. The report came in as a MERINT message and was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The master of the tug said the object flew at a very high rate of speed in a northeasterly direction toward the coast. It had a bluish white light around it. The object followed a very erratic course.

The report did not give the duration or how the object disappeared. The Air Force noted the data was incomplete for analysis. The case was logged as insufficient data, and it was suspected to be a duplicate of another report from the same day.

Reported location

Gulf of Mexico, May 1963

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ta i : : 0 Was Balloon
26 May 1963 Gulf of Mexico 0 Probably Balloon-
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~~~ 7|O Possibly Balloon
00 Was Aircraft
Boealsiiveoiiguan io ab foche Alaa FIN B2Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 26/09007Z 0 Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS . SOURCE ; F BE 10 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Military (Coast Guard) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BH Other ioe sic aban Tie
D3 2 irsufticiont Data for Evaluation
A ; ; ov
not reported one Northeast Spas
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING THI CCOMMENES.
Object moving toward the coast (NE) Duration nol reported. Flight
at a very high rate of speed, Bluish not indicated other than erratic
white light around the object. Erratic Noo montion of manner of disap-
course, pearance, tncomplete data for
analysis,
= : a
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) : 2

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