Puerto Rico (Santurce), January 1962January 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 Puerto Rico (Santurce), January 1962 in January 1962. The full case file (6 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 44.

Reported location

Puerto Rico (Santurce), January 1962

Date of incident

January 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

Eo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: RX Wos Balloon
January 1962 Puerto Rico {(Santurce) Bo phi geiean |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon |
Aaxr \ : o 0 Was Aircraft
i Boal Sh AN MXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
| GMT 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
1 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
i ; O Yes O Probably Astronomical {
Ne ! Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 7 JRE OF 4,3 A HA PE AC EL EE
i QO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i 0 Unknown
E 110 rod olune PlSTRE |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
{Bpprox © months after onj sighted rpt| Balioon sighting.
in 1 2r fm witness sent to Dept of
] Def. (Ubj observed thru window while
! vitness lying down, Ob; at cousideracde
3 iisna 3. was bdriiliant platinum colo
1 Ey} or & at td of Laid Vas
E Su F5! PE DR cared fm signt 3 oe WR .
E a 5 a0 OMS: Si) ieadr «
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995963

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-01-01