Nandi-Honolulu/Near Canton, October 1962October 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 25, 1962, two pilots aboard a commercial airliner flying the Nandi to Honolulu route, near Canton Island in the Pacific, reported an object off their aircraft. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The pilots described a light, dull red object moving parallel to their heading of about 047 degrees. It appeared at about 20 to 22 degrees above the horizon and was estimated at 100 to 200 miles away. It moved at high speed and disappeared over the horizon. The length of the sighting was not reported.

The Air Force said the object was probably a satellite, but because the duration was not reported, the case was listed as insufficient data.

Reported location

Nandi-Honolulu/Near Canton, October 1962

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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i : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD \

8 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS .

4 0 Was Balloon

3 § ly Balloon

{ 25 October 1962 ~~~ | Nandi-Honolulu/Near Canto Q ~Frabably

3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION self adhe Main.

Gseal 2 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor % Prohobly Adreraft

i out 25/1 0Z ZXKAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft

E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

: a Yes O Probably Astronomicol

. No {vidi D Possibly Astronomical

pi SHERI i Ee RCO Bon BA 0 1 5 EB BN ot SRR
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY OWL i

J AX Insufficient Data for Evaluation [

i 0 Unknown |
| not rptd one 047 dgr NE /
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

1 Obj sighted fm a/c moving parallel to Probably satellite; however,

] 047 dgr heading. High speed, light the duration was not rptd,

| obj dull red color, 20 dgr elevation, Case listed insufficient data.
estimated at 100-200 miles distance.
i Disappeared oer the horizon,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999622