St Croix Island (Caribbean), February 1962February 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 23, 1962, a civilian weather observer on St. Croix Island in the Caribbean reported one object that looked like a large flare or rocket. The object moved from east to west and appeared to descend to the south of the island. The duration, color, and other details were not given. The Air Force noted it could have been a flare from a ship or aircraft, or more likely a meteor, but said no firm conclusion could be drawn. The record card listed the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

St Croix Island (Caribbean), February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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1 ST CROIX WX OBSR | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E OD Was Balloon
; 23 Feb 62 St Croix Island (Caribbean) O Probably Balloon
] 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9: POvR ty Datiben
r i 0 Was Aircraft
; Bedale ile fen nn i ly &X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador Q Probably Aircraf?
oMT___24/0030Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
i O Yas 0 Probably Astronomical
: # No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
| | 7 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | ® NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [0 Other | |
; Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
: not given one W UR
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
} Ti% stating that the weather observer on St, Duration not given. There are several
Jroix Island witnessed object resembling possibilities existing as to the nature
: large flare or rocket moving from E to W of the object, however no conclusion
descending tc the = of the island. can be drawn. Object was possibly a
flare from a ship or a/c. Mores probable
; that object was a meteor; however color,
duration, and other characteristics are
omitted. Case carried as insufficient
: data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 52)
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