PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9317339

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONGulfof Mexico

FRAMES2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD PROJECT1 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
26 May_1963 26 May 1963 Gulf of Mexico 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. DATE-TIME GROUP |4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 0 Possibly Balloon
Local nXGround-Visual Ground-Rodar d d Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 26/0900Z 26/0900Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Military (Coast Guard) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 0 Other.
DX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not reported Northeast 0 Unknown
one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
Object moving toward the coast (NE) Duration not reported. Flight
at a very high rate of speed. Bluish not indicated other than erratic
white light around the object. Erratiq No montion of manner of disap-
course. pearance. Incomplete data for
analysis.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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. NAVAL MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED NAVY DEPARTMENT
PRECEDENCE (ACTIONI RELEASED BY DR, FTED BY EXT. NO.
ERGENCY
EMERGENCY (INFOI
AF IN : 33521 (26 May 63 L/crp
Y261025Z READDRESSED EM.:RGENCY261155Z
FM CCGDEIGHT FM COMEIGHT
TO CINCLANTFLT
TO RUWGHW/THIRTY SECOND CNO
ADDIV SAGE OKLA CITY AFSTA AF DIST: ACTI ON: NIN-9
RUWC LB/CINCNORAD INFO XOP-1, XOPX-4,
RUEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON RUEAHQ/COFS USAF SAFOS-3, DIA-25,
RUCSBRB/CINCSAC RCCSC/CANAIRDE: DIA-CIIC-2 (44)
RCEOM/CANCOMARLANT
RUEGUF/COMEASTAREA:
RUCKKC/COMSIX RUCKYC/COMEIGFT
RUCKSH/ COMFAIRWING ELEVEN
UNCLAS
MERINT. AT 260900Z MERINT. AT 260S TUG SANDRA CN 29-14N, -14Ng 95-22W 93-25W
SIGHTED AN SIGHTED AN UNIDEN UNIDEA VTTFLED FIED FLYING OBJECT. TH FLYING OB.IECT. ASTER DESCRIBED STER DESCRIBED
THE OBJECT AS SIGHTEI NIDHNTIFIED OBJECT OBJECT FLYING
AT A VERY HIGH RA AT A VERY HIGH RATE O ATEO NORTHEASTHRLY DIRECTION NORTHEASTHRLY DIRECTION
TOWARD THE COAST. OBJECT A BLUEISH WHITH: LIGHT AROUND A BLUEISH WHITL LIGHT AROUND IT. IT.
THE OBJECT WAS FLYING AT A VERY HIGH RATE OJ SPEED A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND AT THE
SAME TIME ON SAME TIME ON VERY ERRATIC Y ERRATIC COURSE COURSE UNQUOTE.
AF NOTE: Suspected dupe of AF IN 33444 (26 May 63)
Adv c OPX.
2......ACT
SECNAV !'UNSECNAV 00 '31 32 33 34 35 06 6 61 07.94·
NAVAIDE COGARD DIRNSa SECDEF JCS(.J2) ESAD NIC IR LAGRLOT BFR
.
ADVANCED DELIVERED.
CONTROL NO. RCUIT NO. PAGE OF PAGES TIME O RECEIPT DATE TIME GROUP
A049 1 1203Z 26 MAY 261025Z MAY 63
UNCLASSIFIED