Hutchison, KansasJuly 1962

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Summary

On July 2, 1962, a civilian reported a sighting over Hutchinson, Kansas. The witness, described as an employee of the city, observed a round object about the size of a dime at arm's length. The object was yellow in color and made no noise. It traveled northeast at jet aircraft altitude and speed, remained in sight for a period of time, and then moved rapidly away. The witness reported the object was steady in movement. Time of sighting was between 3:25 p.m. and 3:35 p.m. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Hutchison, Kansas

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

KS / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 July 62

2. LOCATION
Hutchison, Kansas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 04/0525Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible] min

8. [illegible]

9. COURSE
No

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round objet size of dime[.] COMMENTS:who was over Wichita, Kansas on
Yellow color, at jet s/c altitude, no noise. 2 July, 1130 a.m. It was 1 of city
Light steady in intensity. Flight path to NE. [illegible] yellow calling he and would be
rapidly, being still and moving rapidly at visible to witness. Case evaluated as
various times. who I. Erratic movement attributed to
atmospheric condition.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Probably Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other_Poho I
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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