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CASE REFERENCE8702015

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1962

REPORTED LOCATION4S85W ESEPacific

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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
9 Jan 62 4S 85W (ESE E Pacific) o Was Balloan
0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 14 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Not given Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT. AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes Yes 0:90 90 Probably Astronomical Meteor Probably Astronomical Meteor
X0 No Y0 No Military Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE . COURSE Other_ Other
000 Insufficient Insufficient Data for Data for Evaluation
Not given one one descending Unknown
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cbject obeerved from a observed from a ship located at 4s 85w. ship located at 4S 85W. There is very little data contained in
The object was sighted So above the SW horizor. above the Sw horizor. this report, but the object was not a
going straight down. Cbjeet was burning going straight down. Object was burning satellite and there is no reason to
brightly and burned out before reaching hori- doubt that it was a meteor.
zon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AF IN : 5 57858 (9 Jans) MESSACEBRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
INFO 00 NOC-OM ISN DIA-2 (23)
SMB 3059
ZCHQA541ZCBJB079
00 RJEZHQ
DE RBWPPG 038
ZNR
0 100303Z
FM COMWESTSEAFRON
INFO RJWZSB/28AIRDIV HAMILTON
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF F WASHDC WASHDC
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT
RBEPWXCNO RBEPWXCNO
RBEPW/SECNAV
RBWDZM/COMFIRSTFLT
RBWDKE/COMPACMISRAN
NAVY
0 100040Z
FM SS MORMACISLE/KPWJ
TO COMWESTSEAFRON
BT
UNCLAS
PONS 4 SOUTH 85 WEST STOP OBSERVED DUE SOUTHWEST 50 DEGREES ABOVE
HORIZON STRAIGHT DOWN INCADESCENT OBJECT PROBABLY METEORITE
VERY LARGE BURNED - HORIZON WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY CALM
/UNSIGNED/
BT NOTE: Advance delivered to CIN (092235L)

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UFO ANALYSIS SHEET
DATE 9dAN 1962 LOCATION 4 85 W
DATE TIME GROUP LOCAL GMT
PHOTO YESNO PHYSICAL SPECIMEN YES  NO
SOURCE E MILITARY CIVILIAN TYPE OF OBSERVATION VISUAL
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION - NUMBER OF OBJECTS  COURSE ?
SATELLITE: IN ORBIT: VERIFY YES: NO: DECAY:
ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA
METEORPOSSIBLY METEOR
STAR OR PLANET
OTHER
AIRCRAFT
BALLOON
INSUFFICIENT DATA - INSUFFICIENT DATA-
OTHER ||||
REFLECTION — INVERSION PRESENT INVERSION PRESENT PHOTO ANALYSIS
SUN DOG LENTICULAR CLOUD PHYSICAL SPECIMEN ANALYSIS PHYSICAL SPECIMEN ANALYSIS
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: CBJECT OBJECT OOSERUED OOSERUED FROM 5HP
LOCATED LOCATED 1T 17T 4& 4885 85 w. THE OBJECT THE OBJECT WAS WAS
SIGHTEO 50° A80JE THE SOUTHWEST HORIZON
GOING STRAIGHT DOWN. OBJECT WAS BURNING
BRIGHTLY AND BURNED OUT- BEFORE REACHING
HORIZON.
EVALUATION: CASE CATEGORY: FROBABLY METEOR ~
CONCLUSION: THERE 15 VERY LITTLE DATA CONTAINED
IN THIS REPORT . BUT THE OBJECT WAS NOT
A SATELLITE AND THERE Is No REASON TO
DOUBT THAT LT WAS A METEOR..
FTD_ FORM 0-15 (TD-E2)
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