Little Rock, ArkansasJune 1963

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On June 13, 1963, at night, a civilian student reported an object near Little Rock, Arkansas. The witness was about 8 miles south of the city. The case was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described a saucer or pea-shaped object with a dome. It glowed red, then turned white for a short time, then red again. It was seen low on the horizon to the south and west, about 20 degrees up. It moved in a jumpy, erratic way and would disappear behind clouds and reappear. It was watched for about 15 minutes before fading in the west.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably aircraft. KC-97 tanker and B-47 bomber aircraft were refueling in the area during the sighting, with many takeoffs and landings at Little Rock. The red glow was attributed to tanker warning lights and the white glare to landing lights used to position aircraft during night refueling.

Reported location

Little Rock, Arkansas

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

AR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

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Bo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
§ | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 13 June 1963 Little Rock, Arkansas 5 Probably Balloon |

| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0) Gossikly vdlipen
eo ET BH Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aiv Batis! OPR |
i (VY pe ma RB Cn So a eee 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft i
4 5. PHOTOS + SOURC 0 Was Astronomical

A O Yes DO Probably Astronomical

g KKNe civilian DO Possibly Astronomicol

"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a LF preg ry pee per

i 15 min one West = righ ota for Evaluation

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© |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING TEL 11. COMMENTS

A Saucer with red dome changing to white and "| XKc-97 and B-47 engaging in Refueling

 |pack to red. Observed to south disappearing operation in area throughout time of

¢ |and reappearing at intervals. Disappeared observation. Numerous take=off and land-

| |in West. ; ing from Little Rock AFB. Red glow probaly

3 from tanker warning lights on underside

1 of tanker. White glare occasioned by

1 flashing of landing lights in order to

1 position a/c for refueling.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001092