Pacific Grove, CaliforniaOctober 1962

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Summary

On October 20, 1962, a civilian in Pacific Grove, California reported observing a ball of light about 7 inches in diameter with a dark greenish tint. The object moved in horizontal flight through a window. The witness initially thought the object was a shooting star. The report notes indicated the object was compared to a shooting star, but a meteor sighting was not reported. The observation duration was not specified. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Pacific Grove, California

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1003 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 20 October 1962

2. LOCATION: Pacific Grove, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: GMT 21/0730Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
- Ground-Visual
- Ground-Radar
- Air-Visual
- Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: Civilian

6. [illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: not reported

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: Westerly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Ball of light, dark greenish about 7 inches in diameter, observed through window in horizontal flight. First thought object was shooting star.

11. COMMENTS:
General description indicating meteor sighting. Duration not reported but object compared to shooting star.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
- Was Balloon
- Probably Balloon
- Possibly Balloon
- Was Aircraft
- Probably Aircraft
- Possibly Aircraft
- Was Astronomical Meteor
- Probably Astronomical
- Possibly Astronomical
- Other___
- Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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