Kindley AFB, Bermuda, August 1962August 1962

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Summary

On August 14, 1962, observers at Kindley Air Force Base in Bermuda reported a streak of light. The source was military. The time was about 0343Z. The light was in sight for about 1 to 2 seconds.

The object was a streak of bright light, pea-sized, that started orange and turned blue-white. It had a tail like a meteor. It traveled very fast in a flat path parallel to the horizon, with no noticeable dip. It first appeared at about 30 degrees above the horizon and disappeared at about the same height a short distance away. The ground was lit by bright moonlight.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the sighting had meteor characteristics.

Reported location

Kindley AFB, Bermuda, August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE be LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
HE Hae x y 0 Wes Balloon
4 ungust 192 | Kindloy AFR Bermuda CO Probably Balloon
ha m5 le ei i A ins shai am oct Moines ft st is iin sition tases eral 0 ial
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possioly Balloon
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} O Was Aircraft
SOA Mii saisos ASG. 8 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar OQ Probably Aircraft
Ty RAT di O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE id “Was Astronomical 12! rr
ZS Yes | 0 Probably Astronomical
Cro | ¥ilitary 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other. TERME ah
| 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
% : 0 Unknown
E L=0 S2CS one Southerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Streak of light, oranges turning to Sighting possesses netoor
1 blue-white w/tail as a meteor traveliny characteristics,
in flat trajectory, Initial observa-
| tion at 30dgr elev 60dgr azimuth,
Disappeared at 30dgr elev 50dgr azi-
muth, In sight for 1-2 sees.
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