Managua, Nicaragua, August 1962August 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Managua, Nicaragua, August 1962 in August 1962. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 46.

Reported location

Managua, Nicaragua, August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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i. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 Wos Balloon
12-14 August 1062 __ |Managua, NicaZagil BC Batioon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION isd Amal
i ” 01 Was Aircraft
Local aie sents isin | R Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar {1 Probably Aircraft?
: Hay nt. J8/1oo08 ; a Air-Yisual 0 Air-lntercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
] 5. PHOTOS | 8 5DURCE {1 Was Astronomical
GC Yes t 3 Probably Astronomical
RK No |Civ ilian 0D Possibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 73. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Be Bris inieisiose |
: 14/13307%7 wag tex Insufficient Data for Evaluction
# ; S71 E % EM Unknown
| not rptd one 12/1540Z SE
¥ BRIZFE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING L COMMENTS
14/1330Z: Newspaper rpts fm Bluefield, Duration pot rptd. Possiblity
Managua, & Leon of obj falling into of meteor sightings. Also
sea, Ong rpt included loud explosion, soma con¥lict in rpis.
12/1540%Z: = Obj too low tn be space Insufficient data for analysis.
vohicle. rptd to local newspapers.
fuminous. Appeared +n distance to be
falling star, Rapid, horizontal flightlL
ave appearance of chemical ic
ATIC FORM 32% (REV 26 SEP 52)
- TE 4
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998613

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-08-01