San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 1961February 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 18, 1961, the crew of an aircraft flying from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico, reported a very bright object. The report was relayed through the FAA at San Juan. The object was seen for about 28 minutes, from about 10:13 a.m. to 10:41 a.m. local time, while the plane was at 9,000 feet.

The crew said the object was at a much higher altitude. It appeared to be either moving toward the aircraft or standing still, near a bearing of 130 degrees. No color, elevation, or manner of disappearance was given.

The Air Force card notes that the object was watched for almost 30 minutes yet very little detail was provided. Because of this lack of information, the report was evaluated as insufficient data. This card is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official file for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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po PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD + - |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS : |
[ O Was Balloon
1 18 Feb 61 San Juan, Puerto Rico BBL eee
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bolloon
FT TT ge — 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar a : robably Aircraft
GMT Le 1 0132 XXAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
3 O Yes OD Probobly Astronomical
& No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TO cima
i - or bed Deta for Evaluation
28 min. 1 =
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A/C enroute Miami to 1. COMMENTSInsufficient information. eid
Sen Juan observed objt approaching a/c or No color, elevation, manner of dis- :
| stationary at much higher altitude in sight appearance, etc., yet objt viewed for
1013-10412. almost 30 min. |
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
: S

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991482