PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8645784

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1962

REPORTED LOCATION100DEGNOf Midway

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PROJECT 1
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
14 March 1962 100° N of Midway o Wos Balloon
o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bolloan
Was Aicroft -
Locoal. Ground-Visual Ground-Roder 0
0 Probably Aireralt
GHT_14/1605 Z C AirVisual Air-intercept Rador Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
CY.s Probably Astronomical
No Military Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF CSSERYATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Echo I
0DO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Unknewn
15 Min. N.
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING T1. COMMENTS
Satellite on Northerly track. Brightness of On 14 March at 1605Z Echo was at 31°
lst mag Ster Clvis report. Observation for N, 174° E heading NE. Midway is about
15 Minutes. a) Muuces. 28°N, 176E 2O 1,17o Echo is visible at the 1:0 is vislbie at the
time and location given by the given by the
observer observer heading NE. Case evaluated as
Echo I. Echo I.
/
ATIC FORM ATIC PORM
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< DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
AF IN : 11905 (14 Mar62) BNn6 0 ING
INFO: CIN-14, ARMY-2, CMC-7, JCS-45, OSD-15, NSA-7, CIA-11, ,O0P-2,
SMB A 196 DIA-2, , SAFS-3 (110)
PKA109KHA293
.'''OO RJEZI HQ RBEPW RJWFALB
DE R RJHPKH 12
ZNR
0 141544Z
FM 326 AIR DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII
TO RJHPKM/PAACAF HICKAN AFB HAWAII
IINFO RJEZYQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RBEPW/CNO WASHINGTON DC
RBEPW/SECNAV WASH INGTON DC RBEPW/SECNAV WASH INGTON DC
RJWFVLLLLLLB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RBHPA/CINCPAC CANP H M SMITH HAWAII
RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
. R HAWAII
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR
RJapaz/comusJapan fuchu as Japan RJapaz/comusJapan fuchu as Japan
RUANCR/COMUSKOREA SEOIL KOREA RUAMCR/COM OREA SEOIL KOREA
RUAGEL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN
RBHPHH/HAWsEAFRON KUNIA TUNNEL ANNEX
RRBHPD/COMASWFORPAC FFORD ISLAND ) HavaII
RJWXBR/CINCSAC NEB
BT
UNCLAS C I R V I S SIGHTED POSSIBLE SATTILITE NORTHERLY TRACK.
BRIGHTER THAN FIRST MAGNITUDE STAR. OBSERVFD FOR 15 MIN
100 NI ISLAND TIME 14/1605Z. NNO Evaluatioon.
to CIN & OOP-CP.
BT