Veracruz, Mexico, July 1962July 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 4, 1962, guests at a garden party in Veracruz, Mexico, reported an object at about 2130 (9:30 p.m.) central standard time. The sighting was reported through the State Department.

The object was a luminous light, about the size and brightness of the evening star. It was seen almost directly overhead and crossed the sky very slowly from west to east. The reporting official presumed it was an artificial satellite.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force compared the timing to the Echo satellite, which passed nearby that evening, but could not confirm it without further data. Officials listed the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Veracruz, Mexico, July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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BE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| 3 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 7 g QO Was Balloon
1 Jul 62 Veracruz, Mexico O Probably Balloon
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3 Peswitny Senwen
: 91730 i O Was Aircraft
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1 ; | Local | a — 8; Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
1 emt Do Us UZ 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS i SOURCE O Was Astronomical
] O Yes O Probably Astronomical
i Fa | ~ivilian (Sta te Departmen ty |a Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other— |
: : Q Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
1 : i 0 Unknown
; no rPotd one East
] 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; aminous obj movioy fm ct El EAB on Jil Echo passed New Orlean:
| yar tea ly prossing SKY. as Prue 3382 Tocal Stand ard & at 2237
1 avad art i Loa iatellite hy obsVIS. GT. Echo would pass Veracruz
d $f op wiochtnos f Avening BLAY, about 10 mins earlier, Since VERS
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4 : iithout confirming ata the CE
4 ie listed as insuffic iant data,
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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