Washington, D C, June 1963June 1963

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Summary

On June 13, 1963, at night, a civilian reported an object near Washington, D.C., about 5 miles north of the Pentagon. The witness was a voluntary worker at the National Institutes of Health. The case was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was oval and greenish. It seemed to change in size, from a dim point to about the size of a quarter, and seemed to shine through clouds or mist. It faded during clear patches of sky. It moved back and forth from south to southwest and had a pinkish glow around it. It was seen at about 60 degrees elevation. The witness watched it for over an hour and it was still in sight when they went to bed.

The report noted searchlights were operating to the south of the observer. The case was investigated and evaluated as searchlight activity reflecting on mist, haze, and clouds.

Reported location

Washington, D C, June 1963

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

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BE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Sasa feed

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§ | pate i LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |

3 i 0 Was Boll

P| 13 June 1963 pashington, P.O 0 Probably Belleon |

| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ——| DO Possibly Balloon

: i O Wos Aircraf

B tee olso0530z & Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Roder a Probably Aircraft

1 Le VY ee a ee Tf Sn IRN VS 0 AirVisuel OQ Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft

1 3. PHOTOS Sad . R a Dag. Astrancisical :

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i Fr civilian 8 Paaelbly Asfrenomicel

i a —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— res] |

& | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION \ 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ¥X Other Searchlights |

¢ | one hour and still in sight one | back and forth |O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation |

i : 0 Unknown

1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING VAR ] 11. COMMENTS :

] Oval object greenish changing in size which Case investigated by LtC Friend.

a seemed to shine through clouds or mist. Tended| Searchlights in operation to the

* | to diminish or fade during phases of clear South of observer. Case evaluated

"| sky. Moved back and forth from South to SW. as searclight activity reflecting

| | Pinkish glow around object. Visible at about on the mist/haze and clouds.

§ | 60 deg elevation. Still in sight upon retiring :
| i for night.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001097