Phoenix, ArizonaFebruary 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 12, 1963, a civilian in Phoenix, Arizona, reported four small round glowing dots crossing his view. The sighting was at about 10:55 p.m. local time. The man was lying in bed and looking up through a ceiling skylight that measured 4 by 8 feet. The sky was clear.

The four dots crossed the skylight in about one and a half seconds, moving from the southwest to the east. They were arranged in a formation and had no trails, exhaust, or sound. The witness believed they were extremely high, higher than jet flight. He had seen jets follow a similar path but much more slowly.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, noted the glowing dots could suggest a bolide, but that the witness said the speed was too fast for aircraft. With no known traffic in the area, the case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Phoenix, Arizona

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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2 {
. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD He |
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 ; O Was Balloon |
4 12 February 1963 Phoenix, Arizona o det Balloon
r 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Of ERRs SY DE IoRT
i f O Was Aircroft
a Local io Dx Sround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
i GMT 13/035552 0 AirVisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft

a 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

4 OYes ° O Probably Astronomical

3 JXNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

©. | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Eee ee a il

E & ioaitci ent Data for Evaluation
ol ; nknown

1 1/2 seconds four east

| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS

E i EN t | ’
a Four small round glowing dots crossed | Glowing dots indicates possible

3 field of vision of observer while h= bolide sighting, witness indicate

b- was lying down looking through skylight. that the speed was excessive for

3 No trails or exhaust. Believed objects a/c. Objects apparently solid.

FE 110 be extrem=ly high. Skylight 4 x 8 Insufficient data for evaluation.
fo ft. Flight was from SW to E and pre-

vious observation of jet a/c in the

4 same path indicated speeds much slower.

5 ;

No known asc in area.

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