Sudan, E. Africa, November 1962November 1962

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Summary

On November 1, 1962, in Sudan, East Africa, a civilian witness observed an object resembling a small cloud rising in the west and moving east. The sighting lasted 20 minutes. The object appeared as a round mass with smoky silver or colorless coloring that changed shape slightly. It moved north and disappeared from view. The night was clear with moonlight. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a noctilucent cloud, with disappearance attributed to loss of reflection from the sun's rays.

Reported location

Sudan, E. Africa, November 1962

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
J November 1962

2. LOCATION
Sudan, E. Africa

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Not
GMT 01/1530Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XGround-Visual Ground-Radar
Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
XNo

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
East

12. CONCLUSIONS
XProbably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
XOther: CLOUD
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Object resembling small cloud rising in West moving to the East changing course slightly to the North where it disappeared. Round mass that stayed together. Night clear with moon. Smoky silver or colorless object. Shape varied slightly though mass remained the same. Disappearance due to loss of reflection of the sun's rays. Believed to be a cloud of some sort.

11. COMMENTS
From description object was probably a Noctilucent cloud.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)

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