Paramaribo, Surinam, S America, November 1962November 1962

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Summary

On November 3, 1962, near Paramaribo, Surinam, in South America, a military source reported a fast-moving lighted object. The report came from Dutch military observers and was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was a fast-moving light moving to the southeast. Witnesses reported no noise and described it as a single object. The length of the sighting was not reported. Observers first thought it might be a satellite.

The Air Force evaluated the case as a satellite.

Reported location

Paramaribo, Surinam, S America, November 1962

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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j Vi PROJEC™ 12973 RECORD CARD TO dhe
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| I. DATE 2. LOCATION ; 12. CONCLUSIONS
: O Wes Balloon
3 November 1962 aramaribo, Surinam, S AmerichB Probably Ballon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION y
peta Re TP Gel CR 0 TR HX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar ] Probably Airerofs
GMT 03/23307Z 0 BE Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5.. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical t
QO Yes D Probably Setlist :
Kio \ utch Military O Possibly Astronomica
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE @xOtherSatellite ——
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
: O Unknown |
not rptd one SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Fast moving lighted object. Thought Observation from South American
possibly satellite, No noise and no country where airlanes would be
lights, First believed object to be followed. Since witness indicated
a star, Object following a parabolic that object possibly satellite,
course, Not on airlane, case is carried as a satellite.
No ECHO data available for this
location, Duration not included.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999738